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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
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.
verses 1, 2. 1. Peter an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers, that dwell here and there throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia: 2. Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father unto sanctification of the spirit through obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you.
verses 1, 2. 1. Peter an Apostle of Iesus Christ, to the strangers, that dwell here and there throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia: 2. Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father unto sanctification of the spirit through obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of Iesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you.
The purpose of the Apostle in this Epistle is to confirm the Christians, to whom he writes,1 in the faith, and to assure them, that it was the true grace of God, they had received, and to persuade them to all possible care of sincerity of life, becoming the Gospel, and to constancy in trials.
THe purpose of the Apostle in this Epistle is to confirme the Christians, to whom he writes,1 in the faith, and to assure them, that it was the true grace of God, they had received, and to perswade them to all possible care of sincerity of life, becomming the Gospell, and to constancy in tryalls.
- 1The scope of the Epistle.