A30242:1028
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.
1The Word to inform, and Afflictions to prepare the heart. Even as men out of their senses, are kept in Prisons with hard usage; so God, to humble and tame such a people, sadly afflicts them, that they may hearken to his Word. God made Egypt an Iron-furnace to the people of Israel; they lay under ⟨p. 179⟩great oppressions, that so Canaan might be the more welcome to them.
1The Word to inform, and Afflictions to prepare the heart. Even as men out of their senses, are kept in Prysons with hard usage; so God, to humble and tame such a people, sadly afflicts them, that they may hearken to his Word. God made Aegypt an Iron-furnace to the people of Israel; they lay under ⟨p. 179⟩great oppressions, that so Canaan might be the more welcome to them.
- 1By the word and afflictions.
To understand this, consider, That though the word and afflictions, 1both help to bring a man out of false ways, yet far differently. For
To understand this, consider, That though the word and afflictions, 1both help to bring a man out of false waies, yet farre differently. For
- 1Which are both helpful, but differently in these respects.