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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.
The Lord was used to be known to the old Church by the names of the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob: but now in the Church of the Christians he is celebrated by the name of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Lord was used to be knowne to the olde Church by the names of the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob: but now in the Church of the Christians he is celebrated by the name of the God and Father of our Lord Iesus Christ.
Two things are here affirmed, 1. that God is the God of Christ. 2. that he is the Father of Christ: It is not against the use of Scripture to say, that God is the God of Christ, for (John 20.1.) Christ saith, I go to your God, and to my God, and Psal. 45.7. it is said of Christ, God even t•y God hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Now if any ask, how this can be;1 that God is the God of Christ, I answer by distinguishing the natures in Christ. If you consider Christ in his divine nature, he is God of himself, 2but not son of himself: His person is of the Father: but his essence is of himself: but I think that this is properly taken or meant of his humane nature, for that he received from God by the mighty working and over shadowing power of the holy Ghost.
Two things are here affirmed, 1. that God is the God of Christ. 2. that he is the Father of Christ: It is not against the use of Scripture to say, that God is the God of Christ, for (Iohn 20.1