A17385:644
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.
1I answer: They find joy nine ways. 1. They have in them the lSpirit, even him that is called a Comforter, which no wicked man hath, and this Spirit of God is an everlasting spring of joy. 2. Gods ordinances are unto them as mwells of joy: the word is a well, so is prayer, reading, the Sacraments, and conference. 3. They have their right to all Gods npromises to comfort them, and certainly the Gospel is a deep well. 4. They have the presence of God ••ke the osun to refresh them. 5. They find secret joy in the communion of Saints, both to hear of them absent, and to have fellowship with them present, and that both public and private: For if this be a great part of the joy of heaven, then may it be some part of a Christians joy on earth. 6. There is joy in the graces of the Spirit, to see the buds of the Lord grow in the garden of their hearts, and the weeds of sin to be rooted out; yea great is the content of grace and well-doing. 7. There is joy in the meditation of the misery they are delivered from. 8. They are not barred from