A30242:1058
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.
First,1 That there a two-fold truth, Increated and Created. Increated, and that is God himself, who is the first essential and immediate truth. God is true, and every man a liar. I am the truth (said Christ) Joh. 14.6. And this is indeed the ground why Gods truths are so permanent, because they are the Assertions or Testimony of the first Truth. So that as the Sun, the Fountain of light, cannot be dark, so neither is it possible for God to lie or deceive.
First,1 That there a two-fold truth, Increated and Created. Increated, and that is God himself, who is the first essential and immediate truth. God is true, and every man a lyer. I am the truth (said Christ) Joh. 14.6. And this is indeed the ground why Gods truths are so permanent, because they are the Assertions or Testimony of the first Truth. So that as the Sunne, the Fountain of light, cannot be dark, so neither is it possible for God to lie or deceive.
- 1Truth two-fold, Increated and Created.
1Now Created Truths, are of two sorts. Natural Truths, such as are in Philosophy, and are implanted in mens minds, either as principles, or as necessary conclusions to be deduced from them: And these are of God, as appeareth Rom. 1. Which made one say, Omnis veritas est a spiritu sancto. And these also are necessary and certain. And
- 1Created truths of two sorts.