A17412:698
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.
Object. But she is profane and carnal, a wicked woman, a scorner of religion, or perhaps of a contrary religion.
Object. But she is prophane and carnall, a wicked woman, a scorner of religion, or perhaps of a contrary religion.
Sol. Thou must love and honour her, not because she deserves it, but because God requires it.
Sol. Thou must love and honour her, not because shee deserves it, but because God requires it.
Thus of the Exposition. The reasons follow; and the first is, Because they are the weaker vessel.
Thus of the Exposition. The reasons follow; and the first is, Because they are the weaker vessell.
As the weaker vessel.] The word translated Vessel, is diversly accepted in Scripture; sometimes properly, sometime Metaphorically. As it is taken properly, it is sometime taken for goods or any household-stuff,