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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.
What God hath done in time, is done, that we might know, and praise him: but what he did before time, is without our measure, and as it cometh nearer to Gods nature; so it goeth farther from our apprehension; at least, till we be glorified in heaven.
What God hath done in time, is done, that we might know, and praise him: but what he did before time, is without our measure, and as it commeth neerer to Gods nature; so it goeth farther from our apprehension; at least, till we be glorified in heaven.
But this is a sea, over which no ship hath failed: a Mine, in which no spade hath delved: an Abyssus, into which no bucket hath •unke. our sight is too tender to behold this sun; our understanding too finite to comprehend this glorious and infinite being, and therefore I pass from what he is in himself, to consider, what he is to us.
But this is a sea, over which no ship hath failed: a Mine, in which no spade hath delved: an Abyssus, into which no buck•t hath •unke. our sight is too tender to behold this sunne; our understanding too finite to comprehend this glorious and infinite being, and therefore I passe from what hee is in himselfe, to consider, what he is to us.
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