A17412:906
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.
Doct. 5 In that prayer may not be interrupted or hindered, it shows plainly, That this is an exercise for every day constantly, while we live in this world; which these places confirm, 1. Thes. 5.17. Col. 4.2. Rom. 12.12. Psal. 105.4. praying by fits will not serve turn.
Doct. 5 In that prayer may not be interrupted or hindred, it shewes plainely, That this is an exercise for every day constantly, while we live in this world; which these places confirme, 1. Thes. 5.17. Col. 4.2. Rom. 12.12. Psal. 105.4. praying by fits will not serve turne.
Doct. 6. Wives and husbands, though they had never so many praises otherwaies, or for their carriage one towards another; yet if they be not religious persons, and in particular, such as serve God by daily and devout prayer, they are not true Christians, nor accepted of God. The Apostle takes it for granted, that all christian men and women, do make conscience of daily prayer to God. Which serves notably to confute the vain trust in civill honesty, and the fairness of domesticall conversation, which bewitcheth many persons in the world.
Doct. 6. Wives and husbands, though they had never so many praises otherwaies, or for their carriage one towards another; yet if they bee not religious persons, and in particular, such as serve God by daily and devoute prayer, they are not true Christians, nor accepted of God. The Apostle takes it for granted, that all christian men and women, doe make conscience of daily prayer to God. Which serves notably to confute the vaine trust in civill honesty, and the fairenesse of domesticall conversation, which bewitcheth many persons in the world.