A17385:1689
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.
Secondly, this similitude imports divers consolations.
1. Christ our Joseph, whom our fathers sold into Egypt, hath provided for us before we came into the world.
1. Christ our Ioseph, whom our fathers sold into Aegypt, hath provided for us before we came into the world.
2. God hath promised to go down with us, and to sojourn with us there, Gen, 45.4.
2. God hath promised to go down with us, and to soiourn with us there, Gen, 45.4.
3. Ever the more we are oppressed, the more we may grow; the godly lose nothing by their troubles, Exod. 1.8.