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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
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2 By our knowledge of God in Christ, as hath been showed before, when it is such a knowledge as works not only admiration, but also sound transformation of our hearts and lives.
2 By our knowledge of God in Christ, as hath beene shewed before, when it is such a knowledge as workes not onely admiration, but also sound transformation of our hearts and lives.
3 There is a kind of sorrow, that the Apostle saith is to salvation, 2. Cor. 10.7. and that is, such a sorrow as is voluntary and secret; for our sins, and for all sorts of sins, Rom. 7. Esa. 6.5. Esa. 1.16. and as they are sins, and not for other respects; and such a sorrow as quieteth the heart, and leaveth a vehement desire of reformation, and is most stirred by the sense of Gods goodness, Hos. 3.5. Esa. 1.16. and is found in prosperity as well as adversity.
3 There is a kinde of sorrow, that the Apostle saith is to salvation, 2. Cor. 10.7. and that is, such a sorrow as is voluntary and secret; for our sinnes, and for all sorts of sinnes, Rom. 7. Esa. 6.5. Esa. 1.16