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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.
1 From the instrument by which it is formed:1 for there is the prayer of the heart only; such was Hannah her prayer, 1 Sam. 1. There is a prayer of the mouth only; such is the prayer of Hypocrites, Esa. 29.13. There is the prayer both of heart and mouth; and such is the prayer ordinarily of all the godly.
- 1From whence the sorts and difference of Prayer doth arise.
2 From the place of prayer: some prayers are public, some private; and a Christian must use both: Some are alone, some with others.
2 From the place of prayer: some prayers are publicke, some private; and a Christian must use both: Some are alone, some with others.
3 From the form; and so we have the prayer of Christ, as the pattern and rule for all prayers, and the prayers of Christians agreeable to that pattern. We must not rest upon saying over the words of the Lords prayer, and neglect all other prayers. Again, some prayer is conceived, some is in a set form used. A set form is fittest for the public, and for such weak Christians as are not yet able to express their own desire to God in their own words: nor are conceived forms unfit or unlawful for such as are able and desirous to perform prayer according to the rules of prayer; as is apparent by the examples of all sorts of prayers in both Testaments.