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.
About this Item
- Title
- 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.
- Author
- Byfield, Nicholas, 1579-1622.
- Publication
- London :: Printed by H. Lownes for George Latham, at the brazen Serpent in Paules Church-yard,
- 1626.
- Rights/Permissions
-
To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.
- Subject terms
- Bible. -- N.T. -- 2 Peter III, 1-10 -- Commentaries.
- Sermons, English -- 17th century.
- Link to this Item
-
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A17412.0001.001
- Cite this Item
-
"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A17412.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2025.
Pages
Page [unnumbered]
An Alphabeticall Index of the most Principall things handled throughout the whole Booke.
A
- ADoption: the glory of it.
- 133
- How it is attained.
- 136
- Markes thereof.
- 136
- Amazement in wives.
- 109
- Causes thereof.
- 109
- Antiquity: when ill pleaded.
- 91
- Apparell: See Attire.
- Attire: reasons against the va∣nity of it.
- 58
- Attire vitious 14 waies.
- 63
B
- Blessing: kinds thereof.
- 204
- Blessings: how inherited.
- 214
- How they may be gotten.
- 216
- How grow in comforts of them.
- 217
- Brethren: who are so.
- 189
- Motives to love as Brethren.
- 190
- Brethren, how to be loved.
- 191
- Rules for brotherly love.
- 193
- Brethren, how to bee respected in case of sinne.
- 194
C
- Calling to Christianity.
- 205
- Necessity of knowing it.
- 208
- Chastity in married persons.
- 44
- Motives thereto.
- 45
- Preservatives of Chastity.
- 46
- How a Chaste wife may be di∣scerned.
- 47
- Christians: divers sorts of them.
- 209
- Church of Rome not to be agre∣ed unto.
- 187
- Cohabitation of husbands and wives.
- 114
- Compassion.
- 188
- What bowells of Compassion import.
- 196
- How Compassion rightly orde∣red.
- 196
- Conversion: why all not at once converted.
- 31
- Corruptible things.
- 71
- Courtesie.
- 199
D
- Daies, evill in what respect.
- 229
Page [unnumbered]
- Daies good, in what respect.
- 232
- Discords in opinions.
- 184
- Causes thereof.
- 185
- Divorce.
- 118
- Doing well.
- 107
- Motives thereto.
- 107
E
- Earthly things vaine.
- 224
- Why they are not to bee loved.
- 226
- Example. Two vertues of good example.
- 88
- How example bindos.
- 90
F
- Feare of God, how shewed.
- 52
- Motives to Feare.
- 51
- Feare: how discerned,
- 50
- Feare: servile of wicked.
- 48
- Who are without Feare.
- 54
- Frowardnesse: the causes and effects thereof.
- 80
G
- Good actions, how marred.
- 106
- Grace manifold.
- 163
- What Grace excludes and in∣cludes.
- 165
- Graces previledge.
- 166
- Who sinne against Grace.
- 168
- Guile. Signes of spirit without Guile.
- 19
H
- Heart. See Man of the heart.
- Heires to Gods Saints.
- 132
- Markes of Heires.
- 136
- How to carry themselves.
- 138
- Men & women, all Heires.
- 169
- Husbands to live quietly with wives.
- 2
- Sixteene motives thereto.
- 3
- Helpes thereto.
- 6
- Causes of disorder betwixt them.
- 5
- Husbands duties, why in the last place.
- 111
- Motives for Husbands to doe their dutie.
- 112
- Husbands to dwell with their wives.
- 114
- Cases for absence.
- 115
- Separation vnlawfull.
- 116
- Husbands must dwell with knowledge.
- 123
- Husbands must honour their wives.
- 126
I
- Incorruptible things.
- 73
- Ioy spirituall.
- 156
K
- Knowledge divine excellent.
- 119
- Meanes of making Knowledg powerfull.
- 121
- How man dwells with Know∣ledge.
- 123
- Properties and effects of Know∣ledge.
- 144
L
- Life naturall,
- 224
- A meane thing.
- 139
- Life spirituall.
- 141
- Degrees of it.
- 141
- Originall of it.
- 144
- Nature of it.
- 144
- Nourishers of it.
- 147
- Difference betwixt spirituall and eternall life.
- 149
Page [unnumbered]
- How spirituall life is attained.
- 157
- Helpes thereto.
- 158
- Signes therof.
- 160
- Properties thereof.
- 161
- Duties required by vertue of spirituall life.
- 162
- Life of man short.
- 234
- Love of Life.
- 223
- How life to be prolonged.
- 228
- Love: See Brethren.
M
- Man of the heart.
- 66
- Wherein he excells the outward Man.
- 67
- His naturall condition.
- 68
- How he ma be mended.
- 69
- How knowne to be right.
- 70
- Meckenesse: what requisite thereto.
- 76
- Helpes to attaine it.
- 81
- Minde. All of one minde.
- 180
- Helpes thereto.
- 182
- Miseries of life, how avoided.
- 219
N
- Nullities of Mariage.
- 116
O
- Obedience: six things required thereto.
- 25
- Old times: what respect to be had thereto.
- 92
P
- Peace.
- 155
- Pittie: Motives thereto.
- 168
- See Compassion.
- Pleasing God: rules for it.
- 84
- Praiers excellency
- 171
- Sorts of Praiers.
- 173
- How praier is hindred or inter∣rupted.
- 174
- Pure: how Saints are so stiled.
- 40
Q
- Quietnesse. See Meekenesse.
- How kept quiet in trouble.
- 177
R
- Repetition of the same things, what imported thereby.
- 9
- Revenge.
- 201
- Revolting: causes thereof.
- 17
- Righteousnesse.
- 154
S
- Salvation: how furthered.
- 34
- Sarah's Daughters,
- 103
- Scripture Gods Word.
- 22
- See Word.
- Separation betwixt man and wife.
- 116
- Spirituall life. See Life.
- Subjection of Wives.
- 1••
- See Wives.
T
- Trust in God: Signes thereof.
- 95
- Excellency of it.
- 97
- Effects of it.
- 97
- Rules about it.
- 99
V
- Vnitie of minde. See Minde.
W
- Winning men.
- 29
- Divers waies thereof.
- 17
- Signes of being wonne.
- 18
- Divers kinds of Winning.
- 27
- How Ministers win Soules.
- 29
- How wicked wonne by our con∣versation
Page [unnumbered]
- How Wives may winne their Husbands.
- 37
- WIVES. See Husbands. See Women.
- Why Wives dueties largely set downe.
- 8
- Why Wives ought to be subiect
- 12
- In What Wives are subiect.
- 13
- How Wives must be subiect.
- 14
- Sonnes of Wives against subie∣ction.
- 15
- Wives, how they may win their husbands.
- 37
- Wives Chastity, how seens.
- 47
- Wives feare of husbands.
- 55
- Wives amazement, how cau∣sed.
- 109
- Women. See Wives.
- Women ought first to bee taught their duty.
- 7
- Womens frailties.
- 129
- Word of God to be obeyed.
- 23
- See Scripture.
FINIS.