A17385:1530
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.
Lastly, considering our daily trespasses, let us still go to God as to a Father, and cry with humility, we are no more worthy to be called thy sons, &c.
Lastly, considering our daily trespasses, let us still goe to God as to a Father, and cry with humility, we are no more worthy to be called thy sons, &c.
Thus of the first point, or what, viz. calling. The second is, who calleth u•: It is here said, He, that is, God. We must understand, that our calling is the work of the whole Trinity: for it is given to the Father, Gal. 1.6. to the Son, Rom. 1 2. 1 Pet. 5. 10. to the holy Ghost, 1 Joh. 2.7. so that this He, is the G•d of all grace, the whole Trinity. There is a rule among Divines, that the works of God which are without are undivided. The are two sorts of works […] God, inward a•d outward: The inward are proper to each person, as to beget proper to the Father, to proceed to the holy Ghost, &c. Now the outward works, such as decrees before time, and Creation, Providence, Calling, &c. in time, are common to all three persons; not that every particular a•t is the act of all three persons, for that cannot be true; for only the Son was incarnate: But the meaning is, that in the general work, each worketh in his own order and nature: as in Redemption, the Father worketh by willing and sending: the Son by assuming our nature, and suffering, &c. the holy Ghost by applying and confirming. Now calling is one of the work• in common.