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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.
1. First that without sanctification we can never have comfort of our Election; by our obedience others may discover our Election, and by inward holiness we may discern it of ourselves.
1. First that without sanctification we can never have comfort of our Election; by our obedience others may discover our Election, and by inward holinesse we may discerne it of ourselves.
2. That our sanctification hath some dependence upon Gods election, and that, 1. as he hath ordained the rules of good works, we should walk in, Eph. 2.10. 2. as he hath bound himself by his decree to guide his people to the holiness, he doth require of them.
2. That our sanctification hath some dependance upon Gods election, and that, 1. as he hath ordained the rules of good workes, we should walke in, Eph. 2.10. 2. as he hath bound himselfe by his decree to guide his people to the holinesse, he doth require of them.
3. That an outward civill life will not serve the turn, God requires especially the sanctification of the heart of man, 1 Sam. 16.17. when God looks for the marks of his own people he trieth the heart and reins, Jer. 11.20. & 4.14