A17385:625
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.
Verse 6. Wherein ye rejoice greatly, though now for a season (if need require) ye are in heaviness through manifold tentations.
Verse 6. Wherein ye rejoyce greatly, though now for a season (if need require) ye are in heavinesse through manifold tentations.
IN this Verse and the rest to the 13. is contained the confirmation of the proposition, and that is performed two ways.
IN this Verse and the rest to the 13. is contained the confirmation of the proposition, and that is performed two waies.
1 By prolepsis, or the answer of objections, vers. 6, 7, 8. 2. By prophetical testimony, ver. 10, 11, 12.
1 By prolepsis, or the answer of objections, vers. 6, 7, 8. 2. By propheticall testimony, ver. 10, 11, 12.
For the first, the Apostle labours to confirm them especially against two objections, whereof the first might be taken from their crosses.