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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.
4 By our love to God; for if the light of life be in us, ⟨p. 161⟩and that we are truly acquainted with God, as our God in Christ, the heart hath seen that, that will make it in love with God for ever; and show it by his estimation of Gods loving kindness, and all the signs of it, above all things in life, Psal. 63.2, 11. and by longing after the coming of Christ, 2. Tim. 4.8. and by grieving for Gods absence, Cant. 3.1. and by his fear to offend God in any thing, Jude 20. and by his willingness to suffer any thing for God and the Gospel. 1. Thes. 1.2.
4 By our love to God; for if the light of life bee in vs, ⟨p. 161⟩and that wee are truely acquainted with God, as our God in Christ, the heart hath seene that, that will make it in love with God for ever; and shew it by his estimation of Gods loving kindnesse, and all the signes of it, above all things in life, Psal. 63.2, 11. and by longing after the comming of Christ, 2. Tim. 4.8. and by grieving for Gods absence, Cant. 3.1. and by his feare to offend God in any thing, Iude 20. and by his willingnesse to suffer any thing for God and the Gospell. 1. Thes. 1.2.