A17412:827
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 God will give thee his holy Spirit, to work all thy work for thee, and to cause thee to walk in his statutes, and ⟨p. 159⟩keep his judgements, and do them; and will mortify the deeds of the flesh, and teach thee in all truth, and comfort and support thee, and make thy works acceptable to God, as hath been showed before.
1 God will give thee his holy Spirit, to worke all thy worke for thee, and to cause thee to walke in his statutes, and ⟨p. 159⟩keepe his judgements, and doe them; and will mortifie the deeds of the flesh, and teach thee in all truth, and comfort and support thee, and make thy workes acceptable to God, as hath beene shewed before.
2 Thou hast the help of spiritual Armour, that is mighty through God, to cast down strong holds, 2. Cor. 10.3, 4. thou wilt find a strong supply from every ordinance of God; the Word, and Prayer, and Sacraments, all serve to help against the difficulty of this work, and so will the Society with the godly, as was showed before.
2 Thou hast the helpe of spirituall Armour, that is mighty through God, to cast downe strong holds, 2. Cor. 10.3, 4. thou wilt finde a strong supply from every ordinance of God; the Word, and Prayer, and Sacraments, all serve to helpe against the difficultie of this worke, and so will the Societie with the godly, as was shewed before.