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An expository comment, doctrinal, controversial, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…An expository comment, doctrinal, controversal, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…
An expository comment, doctrinal, controversial, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the second epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians by Anthony Burgess ...An expository comment, doctrinal, controversal, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the second epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians by Anthony Burgesse ...
London: printed by A.M. for Abel Roper, 1661
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON THE First Chapter of… › Sermon 97
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And although they rested and gloried in these, as thereby highly honouring of God, yet all was but a vain worship, a vain Religion. So then a mans evil conversation, is not only to be extended to his vices and sins, but also to his religious duties, when either not instituted, or if commanded, yet not performed in that spiritual manner, which the Law of God doth require. So that a mans conversation in his praying, in his coming to Church, in his religious deportments, must be altered, as well as profane ways. Thou must leave off thy former way of praying, thy former way of hearing.
And although they rested and gloried in these, as thereby highly honouring of God, yet all was but a vain worship, a vain Religion. So then a mans evil conversation, is not only to be extended to his vices and sinnes, but also to his religious duties, when either not instituted, or if commanded, yet not performed in that spiritual manner, which the Law of God doth require. So that a mans conversation in his praying, in his coming to Church, in his religious deportments, must be altered, as well as prophane wayes. Thou must leave off thy former way of praying, thy former way of hearing.
The second kind of conversation mentioned in the Scripture, is, A godly 1and an heavenly one. So that although we live upon the earth, yet our principles, aims, and ends, carry us up to the enjoyment of God. This is called a good conversation, Jam. 3. 13. where all divine faith and spiritual wisdom is said to be demonstrated by a good conversation. It is not Doctrine, faith, profession, or gifts that men look at, but the conversation, that speaketh a Christian, that speaketh a Minister more than ten thousand excellent discourses; Plus oculis quam auribus creditur, said Seneca. So that a good conversation is more demonstrative of godliness, then good gifts, good parts, a good faith. Thy prayers are good, thy conference and discourse is good; Is thy conversation also? Hence Paul exhorteth Timothy as a Minister to be a [Greek or Hebrew], An example (