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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
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.
1 They must daily ask God blessing,1 and by their daily prayers let the Lord know, that they make more account of his blessing, than any children of earthly parents can do of their fathers blessings.
1 They must daily aske God blessing,1 and by their daily prayers let the Lord know, that they make more account of his blessing, than any children of earthly parents can doe of their fathers blessings.
- 1How godly men may grow in the comforts of Gods blessing.
2 Since they have such showers of blessing in Gods house daily, they especially should be like good ground, so to drink in the spiritual rain, that the fruits of it may appear in their lives, in all piety, and mercy, and righteousness, Heb. 6.7.
2 Since they have such showers of blessing in Gods house daily, they especially should be like good ground, so to drinke in the spirituall raine, that the fruits of it may appeare in their lives, in all pietie, and mercy, and righteousnesse, Heb. 6.7.
3 Since they know the worth of Gods blessing, they should learn of Abraham to command their servants, and their children, and their households to fear God and to live righteously, that so they may be a means to help them also to this great happiness of inheriting Gods blessing,