A17412:1131
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. 2. From the coherence it is plain, That all Gods servants are called to holiness of life, aswell as to happiness. ⟨p. 207⟩Their calling is a holy calling; & they are called to be Saints, Rom. 1.7. so also 2. Thes. 2.14, 13. 1. Pet. 1.15.1. Thes. 4.7. The use is, to discover false Christians from true; by their fruits you shall know them. Such as make not conscience of their ways, to serve God all the days of their lives in holiness and fear, are not right Christians. And therefore as men desire to have comfort in their calling, they must take heed that they abuse not their liberty to licentiousness, Gal. 5.13.
Doct. 2. From the coherence it is plaine, That all Gods servants are called to holinesse of life, aswell as to happinesse. ⟨p. 207⟩Their calling is a holy calling; & they are called to be Saints, Rom. 1.7. so also 2. Thes. 2.14, 13. 1. Pet. 1.15.1. Thes. 4.7. The use is, to discover false Christians from true; by their fruits you shall know them. Such as make not conscience of their waies, to serve God all the daies of their lives in holinesse and feare, are not right Christians. And therefore as men desire to have comfort in their calling, they must take heed that they abuse not their liberty to licentiousnesse, Gal. 5.13.