A17412:845
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 It is unspeakable; eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor can the heart of man conceive, what God hath prepared in life for them that love him, 1. Cor. 2.9.
1 It is unspeakable; eye hath not seene, nor eare heard, nor can the heart of man conceive, what God hath prepared in life for them that love him, 1. Cor. 2.9.
2 It is free, it is not given by merit, but is the free gift of God, Rom. 6. ult.
3 It is certain; for there is an Act for it in Gods counsel. Men be ordained to life, and their names written in the book of life, Act. 13.48. Phil. 4.4. and God hath bound himself, by many promises in his Word, to the believer; and besides, hath confirmed it with an oath, Heb. 6.17. and Christ is gone into heaven, to make the place ready for all the heirs of life, Joh. 14.3. and further, we have it already begun, even eternal life begun, Joh. 17.3.