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The Scripture directory for church-officers and people, or, A practical commentary upon the whole…
The Scripture directory for church-officers and people, or, A practical commentary upon the whole third chapter of the first Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians to which is annexed The godly and the natural mans choice, upon Psal. 4, vers. 6, 7, 8 / by Anthony Burgess ...The Scripture directory for church-officers and people, or, A practical commentary upon the whole third chapter of the first Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians to which is annexed The godly and the natural mans choice, upon Psal. 4, vers. 6, 7, 8 / by Anthony Burgesse ...
London: printed by Abraham Miller for T.U., 1659
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.
A day shall declare it. You have a parallel expression, Their folly shall be made manifest, and they shall proceed no further, 2 Tim 3.9. he compareth false teachers to Jannes and Jambres, as they did miracles like Moses for a while, but at last their folly and sorcery were discovered: So it's here, God will put a stop to the torrent of errors; he will show a great difference between his truth, and mens inventions; the one shall be received, and the other rejected. This Gangrene that spiritual Physician can stop from further contagion. God that could stop the infection of the plague on a sudden, ⟨p. 174⟩that the arrow should kill no more at mid-day, hath done this also wonderfully in his Church. The day did declare Arianism, Pelagianism, Nestorianism, and the like.
A day shall declare it. You have a parallel expression, Their folly shall be made manifest, and they shall proceed no further, 2 Tim 3.9. he compareth false teachers to Jannes and Jambres, as they did miracles like Moses for a while, but at last their folly and sorcery were discovered: So it's here, God will put a stop to the torrent of errours; he will shew a great difference between his truth, and mens inventions; the one shall be received, and the other rejected. This Gangrene that spiritual Physician can stop from further contagion. God that could stop the infection of the plague on a sudden, ⟨p. 174⟩that the arrow should kill no more at mid-day, hath done this also wonderfully in his Church. The day did declare Arianism, Pelagianism, Nestorianism, and the like.
To enlarge this Doctrine, consider these things,