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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
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Lastly, we may greatly comfort our selves, if we consider the promises §4the Lord hath made to us in tentations: He hath promised, that he will tread down Satan, 1and that speedily, under our feet: He hath (in the Apostle Paul) answered and assured us, that his grace shall be sufficient for us, and his power shall be made known in our weakness:2 yea and Christ hath promised, when we enter into the combat, that he will pitch his Tabernacle by us. ⟨p. 61⟩Besides, it is an old and ancient promise made long since, that if the Devil for terror show himself like the great Leviathan, or for fraud like a crooked and piercing serpent, or for violence and fury like the dragon in the sea;3 yet the Lord will smite him with his great, and sore, and mighty sword.
Lastly, we may greatly comfort our selves, if we consider the promises §4the Lord hath made to us in tentations: Hee hath promised, that hee will tread downe Sathan, 1and that speedily, under our feet: Hee hath (in the Apostle Paul) answered and assured us, that his grace shall be sufficient for us, and his power shall be made knowne in our weaknesse:2 yea and Christ hath promised, when we enter into the combat, that he will pitch his Tabernacle by us. ⟨p. 61⟩Besides, it is an old and ancient promise made long since, that if the Devill for terror shew himselfe like the great Leviathan, or for fraud like a crooked and piercing serpent, or for violence and fury like the dragon in the sea;3