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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
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3 That though we• be reviled, yet we must not revile again, because reviling is a sin, and God hath flatly forbidden it in this and other Scriptures: and besides, we have an excellent example of our Saviour himself, that suffered all forts of reproaches, and yet was so far from reviling, that he threatened not, 1. Pet. 2. and all sorts of godly men have endured reviling, that were many degrees better than thou. And ⟨p. 203⟩further, what knowest thou but God may bless thee for their cursing, as David said? And therefore all that are true Christians should be effectually warned from hence, to resolve against bitter words and reviling, though they be never so much provoked.
3 That though we• be reviled, yet wee must not revile againe, because reviling is a sinne, and God hath flatly forbidden it in this and other Scriptures: and besides, wee have an excellent example of our Saviour himselfe, that suffered all forts of reproaches, and yet was so farre from reviling, that he threatened not, 1. Pet. 2. and all sorts of godly men have endured reviling, that were many degrees better than thou. And ⟨p. 203⟩further, what knowest thou but God may blesse thee for their cursing, as David said? And therefore all that are true Christians should be effectually warned from hence, to resolve against bitter words and reviling, though they be never so much provoked.
Thus of the rules the Apostle gives for avoiding of trouble. Now follows the arguments for the confirmation of those rules, especially of the latter: and the first is taken from the estate or condition of a Christian in this Verse. the second from the testimony of the Prophet David, Vers. 10.11, 12. And the third from the probable event or effect of such a course, Vers. 13.