A17412:1065
Sermons upon the ten first verses of the third chapter of the first Epistle…
Sermons upon the ten first verses of the third chapter of the first Epistle of S. Peter Being the last that were preached by the late faithful and painful minister of Gods word, Nicolas Byfield. Wherein method, sense, doctrine, and use, is, with great variety of matter, profitably handled; and sundry heads of divinity largely discussed. Published since the authors death by William Gouge.Sermons upon the ten first verses of the third chapter of the first Epistle of S. Peter Being the last that were preached by the late faithfull and painfull minister of Gods word, Nicolas Byfield. Wherein method, sense, doctrine, and vse, is, with great varietie of matter, profitably handled; and sundry heads of divinitie largely discussed. Published since the authors death by William Gouge.
London: printed by H. Lownes for George Latham, 1626
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.
2 Love: That our mercy proceed from hearty and christian affection to the party, 1. Cor. 13.2. not of constraint, nor with wicked thoughts, or grief of heart, Deut. 7.7, 8. to 12.
2 Love: That our mercy proceede from hearty and christian affection to the partie, 1. Cor. 13.2. not of constraint, nor with wicked thoughts, or griefe of heart, Deut. 7.7, 8. to 12.
3 Tenderness of affection: That we be affected as if our selves were in want, Rom. 12.16.
3 Tendernesse of affection: That wee bee affected as if our selves were in want, Rom. 12.16.
4 Cheerfulness: in expressing our mercy to such as are in misery, who are sometimes as much refreshed with the respect we show to their persons, as with the supply we bring to their estates. Men in misery should be comforted as well as relieved.
4 Chearefulnesse: in expressing our mercy to such as are in misery, who are sometimes as much refreshed with the respect wee shew to their persons, as with the supply wee bring to their estates. Men in misery should be comforted as well as relieved.