A17385:52
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.
7. Because all this was done, that our faith and hope might be in God, verse 21.
The fourth reason is taken from our relation to the godly, ver. 22. In which reason observe, 1. A proposition of doctrine. 2. An exhortation by way of use. The proposition in it self properly concerns sanctification, which is described, 1. By the nature of it, imported in the metaphorical term, purified. 2. The subject of it, your souls: 3. the form of it, in obeying the truth. 4. The cause of it, the spirit. 5. The end of it, which was brotherly love, amplified by the property of it, unfeigned. The exhortation is therefore to love one another with a pure heart fervently.
The fourth reason is taken from our relation to the godly, ver. 22. In which reason observe, 1. A proposition of doctrine. 2. An exhortation by way of use. The proposition in it selfe properly concernes sanctification, which is described, 1. By the nature of it, imported in the m•ta•horicall terme, purified. 2. The subject of it, your soules: 3. the forme of it, in obeying the truth. 4. The cause of it, the spirit. 5. The end of it, which was brotherly love, amplified by the property of it, unfained. The exhortation is therefore to love one another with a pure heart fervently.
The first reason is taken from the immortality of the soul, which is considered two ways. 1. In respect of the fountain of it, which is the new birth. 2. In respect of the means of it, which is set down, 1. negatively, not of corruptible seed. 2. affirmatively: where consider what the means is, and by what it is. What it is, viz: incorruptible seed. By what it is, the word, which is praised for three things. 1. It is of God. 2. •t liveth. 3. It abideth for ever, ver. 23.