A17412:1121
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.
Doct. 1. That a Christian should be vehemently affected with the consideration of his calling: and that for diverse reasons.
1 Because of the cause of it;1 which was Gods purpose, election, and free grace in Jesus Christ: We were sinners, and we were not called for any works of ours, Rom. 8.28. & 9.11 2. Tim. 1.9. The wind bloweth where it listeth; we are taken, and others refused. And this is the more to be thought on, because this grace was given us in Jesus Christ before the world began, 2. Tim. 1 9. It could not be had but by a Mediator, and it was granted from all eternity.
1 Because of the cause of it;1 which was Gods purpose, election, and free grace in Iesus Christ: We were sinners, and we were not called for any workes of ours, Rom. 8.28. & 9.11 2. Tim. 1.9. The winde bloweth where it listeth; wee are taken, and others refused. And this is the more to be thought on, because this grace was given us in Iesus Christ before the world began, 2. Tim. 1 9. It could not be had but by a Mediator, and it was granted from all eternitie.
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