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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
THE METAPHRASE OF THE FIRST CHAPter of the first Epistle of ST. PETER.
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.
14. And the rather in the fourth place should you be careful of the former exhortation, if you consider your relation to the godly, to whom ye are […] ▪ For seeing that by the spirit of God your souls are purified from the leprosy of inward evils, by the holy course you have held in cleansing your hearts of those evils, which might hinder your internal sanctification, in that obedience you yield to the truth of God: and inasmuch as the end of all this reformation was, that there might be a holy communion and affection without hypocrisy and dissembling among such as fear God, who are all the children of one Father: therefore see to it by any means, that ye order your lives and hearts so, that you may love one another both with ardent affection, & pure & sincere hearts, which you never do, unless you gird up the loins of your minds, and live soberly, & be settled in the assurance, that ye shall altogether one day reign in heaven.
14. And the rather in the fourth place should you be carefull of the former exhortation, if you consider your relation to the godly, to whom ye are 〈…〉 ▪ For seeing that by the spirit of God your soules are purified from the leprosie of inward evills, by the holy course you have held in clensing your hearts of those evills, which might hinder your internall sanctification, in that obedience you yeeld to the truth of God: and inasmuch as the end of all this reformation was, that there might be a holy communion and affection without hypocrisie and dissembling among such as feare God, who are all the children of one Father: therefore see to it by any meanes, that yee order your lives and hearts so, that you may love one another both with ardent affection, & pure & sincere hearts, which you never doe, unlesse you gird up the loines of your mindes, and live soberly, & be setled in the assurance, that yee shall altogether one day raigne in heaven.
- 1Verse 22. Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the spirit, unto unfeigned love of the brethren; see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently.