A17385:1995
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.
1The Use is, First for comfort to the abject, God accepts not persons; it ⟨p. 155⟩matters not what money, means, clothes, diet thou hast, only if thou believest, be of good comfort.
1The Use is, First for comfort to the abject, God accepts not persons; it ⟨p. 155⟩matters not what money, meanes, clothes, dyet thou hast, onely if thou beleevest, be of good comfort.
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Ob. The devils believe, and yet are not happy.
Ob. The devils beleeve, and yet are not happy.
Sol. They believe that Christ is, but they believe not in Christ: they trust not in him, or they believe that he is their Judge, but not their Saviour.
Sol. They beleeve that Christ is, but they beleeve not in Christ: they trust not in him, or they beleeve that he is their Judge, but not their Saviour.