A17412:1132
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. 3 The calling of a Christian is a hard calling to flesh and blood: he is called to hard work. As in the coherence here, to be so humble, and unmoveable, and holy disposed, as when he is grossly abused and wronged in words & deeds, yet not only to be patient, but to bless. So it is in other parts of their work; as when a man must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Christ: For a man to forsake every thing his heart naturally desireth, and to be daily crossed, is a hard task. The use should be, to raise up the hearts of Christians to a care to live above the course of this world, and to press forward towards the mark, not caring for the difficulty of the race, but looking to the price of his calling. Phil. 3.14.
Doct. 3 The calling of a Christian is a hard calling to flesh and bloud: he is called to hard worke. As in the coherence here, to be so humble, and unmoveable, and holy disposed, as when he is grossely abused and wronged in words & deeds, yet not onely to be patient, but to blesse. So it is in other parts of their worke; as when a man must deny himselfe, and take up his crosse daily and follow Christ: For a man to forsake every thing his heart naturally desireth, and to bee daily crossed, is a hard taske. The use should bee, to raise up the hearts of Christians to a care to live above the course of this world, and to presse forward towards the marke, not caring for the difficulty of the race, but looking to the price of his calling. Phil. 3.14.
Doct. 4. A true Christian may know his calling: Know it, I say, that is, he may be infallibly assured of it. And this is true in two respects: first, he may know that he is truly called, and converted, & elected of God: secondly, he may know his calling in respect of the warrant of all his particular actions: as here, he may know what is required of him in his carriage towards his enemies.
Doct. 4. A true Christian may know his calling: Know it, I say, that is, hee may be infallibly assured of it. And this is true in two respects: first, he may know that he is truely called, and converted, & elected of God: secondly, he may know his calling in respect of the warrant of all his particular actions: as here, he may know what is required of him in his carriage towards his enemies.