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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17412	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.	Byfield, Nicholas, 1579-1622.; Gouge, William, 1578-1653.	1626 (1626)	STC 4235; ESTC S107153	186,240	252

the teeth Iam. 1.5 Lastly we see by this Text he gives them the inheritance of eternall life and all things that belong to life and godlinesse 2. Pet. 1.4 The use should be to teach us many things as 1 To celebrate the praise of this graciousnesse of God seeing God doth all things so freely he stands upon it greatly to have this glory in his Nature acknowledged Psal. 111.1 149.3 4. Ephes. 1.6 2 To acknowledge that all good things we enjoy eyther in temporall or spirituall things wee receive it from his free grace Psal. 44.4 Ephes. 2.8 for by the grace of God wee are that we are 1. Cor. 15.10 3 When we would wish the best good to others eyther in publicke to the Churches of Christ or in private at home or abroad to any that are deare to us our cry should be Grace Grace to them Zach. 4 7. 4 We should especially be moved to seeke this grace of God to our selves as the sufficient and the onely happinesse in the world Col. 1.6 Now that this point may the more effectually be understood I will shew you how this grace of God comes to men and then what we should strive to be that we may be sure to receive the comfort of it that God is gracious to us For the first we must know that all grace from God is given to Iesus Christ and comes by him Iohn 1.17 and therefore called the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ in the blessing at the end of the Epistles Without Christ no grace can come to sinfull men Further we must againe know that the grace of God is extended unto us from Christ by the Gospel that brings the doctrine of it to us therefore is the word called the word of his grace and the Gospel the Gospel of the grace of God And yet further wee must know that there must bee wrought in us that supernaturall gift of faith by which onely we can be capable to receive this grace of God we have our accesse onely by faith Rom. 5.2 Now for the second point there are many things God stands upon to finde in the persons that should receive the comfort of his grace not for the merit of them but for the honour of his owne grace that it be not abused As first wee see by that which went before wee must have faith to believe and apply to our selves the doctrine of Gods grace Secondly wee must bee good men not such as are men of wicked devises or such as make a mocke of sinne but such as are carefull in all their waies to avoid what may displease so gracious a God Prov. 12.2 14.9 Tit. 2.11 12. Thirdly wee must be lowly and humble persons that attribute nothing to our selves but all to Gods goodnesse Prov. 3.34 Iam. 4.6 1. Pet. 5. And therefore it concernes all Christians to take heed that they rest not in the hearing of the doctrine of Gods grace but must labour truly and effectually to know Gods grace to themselves Col. 1.6 5 This doctrine of Gods grace may wonderfully comfort the godly and establish their hearts in the assured expectation of Heaven when they die for nothing can hinder their comfort and hope herein but onely their unworthinesse and that is removed by this doctrine of Gods grace Thus the Apostle saith Wee have good hope through grace 2. Thes. 2. 16. and againe Wee have acccesse unto this grace by which we stand rejoyce in the hope of the glory of God Rom. 5.2 6 It may wonderfully embolden us in our suites and requests to goe to Gods Throne seeing it is a Throne of grace where petitions are granted freely and great suits as easily as lesser Heb. 4.16 7 Men should be warned to take heed that they doe not transgresse against this doctrine of the grace of God And men sinne against the grace of God fearefully foure waies First when they frustrate it in the doctrine of it which they doe partly when they receive the doctrine of it in vaine and faile of the right knowledge of it 2. Cor. 6.1 Hebr. 12. 15. partly when they trust upon the merits of their owne workes Gal. 2. ult Secondly when they fall away from grace either by relapsing to the world by entertaining the corruptions they had forsaken or by removing the sincere doctrine of Gods grace Gal. 5.4 Thirdly when men turne the grace of God into wantonnesse and draw wicked and licentious conclusions from the pure doctrine of Gods grace making it a cloake for their sinfull liberties Iud. 1.4 Rom. 6.1 Fourthly when men despite the Spirit of grace that shewes it selfe either in the power of Gods ordinances or in the practise of true Christians Heb. 10.29 8 It should bee a wonderfull comfort to a Christian against his owne frailties and daily infirmities according to that of the Apostle Wee are not under the Law but under Grace Rom. 6.14 15. Lastly even the more gracious God is the more carefull wee should be to walke worthy of his grace for as the Apostle saith The grace of God that bringeth salvation unto all men teacheth us to deny ungodlinesse and worldly lusts and to live righteously and soberly and religiously in this present world Tit. 2.11 12. Thus of the third point viz. the Cause of inheriting The manner follows viz. They inherit together Together The godly are heires together their inheritance lies all together Which may appeare by reckoning up the particular priviledges of the godly in which they all meet and are joynt heires and fellow heires as the Apostle calls them Rom. 8.17 Eph. 3.6 Christians hold their inheritance in Gavelkinde I thinke that is the tearme the Lawyers give for that tenure where all the brethren have the same inheritance divided amongst them and all alike heires And as they are so in the matter they inherit so in the manner of comming to their right for they are all the children of God and children by Adoption and not by naturall generation so Christ onely is Gods heire Now that it may distinctly appeare that they are heires together I will number some particulars as 1 They have all the same father Eph. 4.6 who is in them all 2 They are all of the same body viz. members of the mysticall body of Christ Eph. 3.6 3 They have all one spirit Eph. 4.3.4 4 They weare all the same apparell being cloathed with the same righteousnesse of Christ Gal 3.27 28. 5 They weare all the same livery and badge of distinction they have all one Baptisme Eph. 4.6 6 They are all fed with the same commons at the Lords Table the bread is the communion of the body of Christ and so the wine of his blood I say communion because all partake of it 1. Cor. 10.16 17. 7 They have all the same gifts for though in outward administrations and callings there be difference and in naturall endowments and in common graces yet in the gifts of saving grace they have