A17385:1510
A commentary upon the three first chapters of the first Epistle general of St.…A commentary upon the three first chapters of the first Epistle generall of St.…
A commentary upon the three first chapters of the first Epistle general of St. Peter Wherein are most judiciously and profitably handled such points of doctrine as naturally flow from the text. Together with a very useful application thereof: and many good rules for a godly life. By Nicholas Byfield preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex. To which is now newly added an alphabetical table, not formerly published.A commentary upon the three first chapters of the first Epistle generall of St. Peter VVherin are most judiciously and profitably handled such points of doctrine as naturally flow from the text. Together with a very usefull application thereof: and many good rules for a godly life. By Nicholas Byfield preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex. To which is now newly added an alphabeticall table, not formerly published.
London: printed by Miles Flesher and Robert Young, 1637
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. Because the means by which God worketh upon us, ordinarily is his Word, or the voice of his servants, calling upon us for amendment, &c.
1. Because the meanes by which God worketh upon us, ordinarily is his Word, or the voice of his servants, calling upon us for amendment, &c.
2. Because through the mighty working of the Spirit of Christ, the voice of Gods servants speaking out of the word, is directed to us in particular with such power and life, and our dead hearts are so revived, that the doctrine is, as if God did speak to us in particular, we receiving the words of the Minister, as the very voice or word of Christ: Thus the dead hear the voice of the Son of God, and live.
2. Because through the mighty working of the Spirit of Christ, the voice of Gods servants speaking out of the word, is directed to us in particular with such power and life, and our dead hearts are so revived, that the doctrine is, as if God did speak to us in particular, we receiving the words of the Minister, as the very voice or word of Christ: Thus the dead heare the voice of the Son of God, and live.
3. Because God would hereby note unto us the easiness of the work, he can do it with a word, as he made the world, and calleth up the generations of men, as the Prophet speaketh, so can he in an instant with a word convert a si•ner. He said, let there be light, and there was light: so if he say, let there be true grace, there is presently true grace.
3. Because God would hereby note unto us the easinesse of the worke, he can doe it with a word, as he made the world, and calleth up the generations of men, as the Prophet speaketh, so can he in an instant with a word convert a siner. He said, let there be light, and there was light: so if hee say, let there be true grace, there is presently true grace.