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Sermons upon the first chapter of the first epistle general of Peter Wherein method,…Sermons vpon the first chapter of the first epistle generall of Peter Wherein method,…
Sermons upon the first chapter of the first epistle general of Peter Wherein method, sense, doctrine and use is with great variety of matter profitably handled. By Nicholas Byfeild preacher of Gods word at Isleworth in Middlesex. The rest of the epistle may be published in due time, if God will.Sermons vpon the first chapter of the first epistle generall of Peter Wherein method, sense, doctrine and vse is with great varietie of matter profitably handled. By Nicholas Byfeild preacher of Gods word at Isleworth in Middlesex. The rest of the epistle may be published in due time, if God will.
London: printed by Edward Griffin for Nathaniel Butter, 1617
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5. Because the honour of manifesting Christ in the clear preaching of the Gospel is done now to us Christians, and not to the fathers of old, v. 20.
5. Because the honor of manifesting Christ in the cleare preaching of the Gospell is done now to vs Christians, and not to the fathers of old, v. 20.
6. Because our redemption was ratified by God the Father, and that two ways. 1. By raising Christ from the dead. 2. By giving him glory, v. 21.
6. Because our ••demption was ratified by God the Father, and that two waies. 1. By raising Christ from the dead. 2. By giuing him glory, v. 21.
7. Because all this was done, that our faith and hope might be in God, verse 21.
The fourth reason is taken from our relation to the godly, vers. 22. In which reason observe, 1. A proposition of doctrine. 2. An exhortation by way of use. The proposition in it self properly concerns sanctification, which is described, 1. By the nature of it, imported in the metaphorical term, purified. 2. The subject of it, your souls. 3. The form of it, in obeying the truth. 4. The cause of it, the spirit. 5. The end of it, which was brotherly love, amplified by the property of it, unfeigned. The exhortation is therefore to love one another with a pure heart fervently.