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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.
Quest. But may some one say: If this be true,1 that we are begotten again by the resurrection of Jesus Christ; then it seems, men were not begotten again in the old Testament; or else not by the resurrection of Christ: For he was not then risen.
Quest. But may some one say: If this be true,1 that we are begotten again by the resurrection of Jesus Christ; then it seemes, men were not b•gotten againe in the old Testament; or else not by the resurrection of Christ: For he was not then risen.
- 1Quest.
Answ. For answer hereunto,1 we must consider in the resurrection of Christ two things: 1. The act of his resurrection, and 2. the virtue of it: we are not regenerate by the act of his resurrection:2 and for the virtue of it, Faith could receive it, aswell as the act was to come, as now in us it doth the act being past: Christ was risen in the old Testament three ways: ⟨p. 38⟩1. In the counsel of God. 2. In the word of prophecy. 3. In the efficacy of it.
Answ. For answer hereunto,1 wee must consider in the resurrection of Christ two things: 1. The act of his resurrection, and 2. the vertue of it: we are not regenerate by the act of his resurrection: