A17385:1799
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.
Answ. There is: for even in them there are vain thoughts, distractions in Gods service; sometimes delight in vain things: always too much love of earthly things, too much liking of their own ways, hidden hypocrisy, pride, and such like.
Answ. There is: for even in them there are vaine thoughts, distractions in Gods service; sometimes delight in vaine things: alwaies too much love of earthly things, too much liking of their owne waies, hidden hypocrisie, pride, and such like.
2 Quest. But how then can men be said to be redeemed from their vanity, ⟨p. 141⟩or vain conversation, seeing there is vanity still in them?
2 Quest. But how then can men be said to be redeemed from their vanity, ⟨p. 141⟩or vaine conversation, seeing there is vanity still in them?
Answ. There are five degrees of our redemption from our vain conversation. 1. The first is the promise of it in the word.1 2. The second is the purchase of it by paying the price. 3. The third is the imputation of it. God justifying the sinner in Christ. 4. The fourth is the ••cboation of it by the renewing of our natures in part. 5. The fifth is the consummation of it in heaven. Four of the degrees are past upon the godly, only the fifth remains.