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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.
Doct. 8. In that he saith your Prayers, it shows, That every Christian must make prayers of his own. As the just man lives by his own faith, so must the true Christian think of getting his living under God, by his own prayers. 'Tis not enough that he partake of other mens prayers in public, or that he can get others to pray for him in private; God looks for prayers from himself.
Doct. 8. In that he saith your Prayers, it shewes, That everie Christian must make prayers of his owne. As the just man lives by his owne faith, so must the true Christian thinke of getting his living under God, by his owne prayers. 'Tis not enough that he partake of other mens prayers in publicke, or that he can get others to pray for him in private; God lookes for prayers from himselfe.
Doct. 9. In that he saith prayers, it imports, That there be diverse kinds of prayer, and that private Christians must make not only a prayer, but prayers to God. Ephes. 6.18. Phil. 4. 6. Col. 4.2. The sorts of prayer, and differences, arise,
Doct. 9. In that he saith prayers, it imports, That there bee diverse kindes of prayer, and that private Christians must make not only a prayer, but prayers to God. Ephes. 6.18. Phil. 4. 6. Col. 4.2. The sorts of prayer, and differences, arise,