A17385:1570
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
Exposition of chapter 1 › Verse 16. Because it is written, be ye holy as I am holy.
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.
The testimony of God is either immediate, or mediate: God hath given an immediate testimony either by vision, or by voice. By vision either in in sleep, or in a certain ecstasy when men were awake: thus did he reveal his will often in the Old Testament; sometimes in the New, a• to Paul. By voice God testified either to particular persons, as when he gave answers to ⟨p. 125⟩the Priest, as some think wearing his Ephod; or else by public voice, as when from heaven he said, Mat. 3. This is my well-beloved Son, hear him.
The testimony of God is either immediate, or mediate: God hath given an immediate testimony either by vision, or by voice. By vision either in in sleep, or in a certaine extasie when men were awake: thus did he reveale his will often in the Old Testament; sometimes in the New, a• to Paul. By voice God testified either to particular persons, as when he gave answers to ⟨p. 125⟩the Priest, as some think wearing his Ephod; or else by publike voice, as when from heaven he said, Mat. 3. This is my welbeloved Son, heare him.
The testimony God hath given by means is threefold. 1. By his Sonne. 2. By his servants the Prophets and Apostles by word of mouth. 3. By the Scriptures: and of this here.
The testimony God hath given by meanes is threefold. 1. By his Sonne. 2. By his servants the Prophets and Apostles by word of mouth. 3. By the Scriptures: and of this here.