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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.
For unrighteousness: There are evil cares, & covetousness, lusts of all sorts, hatred, malice, desire of revenge, anger, fretting, worldly grief, bitterness, ⟨p. 16⟩discontentment, vain-glory, emulation, inordinate affection, and evil concupiscence: as good as men think their hearts and meanings are, they may by this taste see, how foul their spirits are.
For unrighteousnesse: There are evill cares, & covetousnesse, lusts of all sorts, hatred, malice, desire of revenge, anger, fretting, worldly gri•fe, bitternesse, ⟨p. 16⟩discontentment, vaine-glory, emulation, inordinate affection, and evill concupiscence: as good as men thinke their hearts and meanings are, they may by this taste see, how foule their spirits are.
1Now for the second: The spirit is cleansed from these sins by degrees; and to that purpose the spirit of God worketh and useth 8. distinct new qualities, which have not place in the soul, but upon occasion of this service against sin. And these are, 1. Spiritual poverty, or sense of sin and misery. 2. Base estimation, viz: of the world, with the pleasures, profits, and lusts of it, Phil. •.8. Isaiah 30.22. 3. Hatred of sin. 4. Shame for sin. Rom. 6.21. 5. Godly sorrow. 6. Fear. 7. Indignation. 8. A purpose and inclination to forsake sin.
1Now for the second: The spirit is cleansed from these sins by degrees; and to that purpose the spirit of God worketh and useth 8. distinct new qualities, which have not place in the soule, but upon occasion of this service against sin. And these are, 1. Spirituall poverty, or sense of sin and misery. 2. Base estimation, viz: of the world, with the pleasures, profits, and lusts of it, Phil. .8. Esay 30.22. 3. Hatred of sinne. 4. Shame for sin.