A30242:1107
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.
Thirdly, There is a further corruption of the mind, and that is heresy. Which word though in the first rise of it, was innocent in its signification, and is so used twice or thrice in the Acts of the Apostles, as some affirm, yet in the Epistles it is always used in an ill sense, and by ecclesiastical use, it's different from error two ways:1 1. Error is in matters of less consequence, that are not of necessity; but heresy they make to be of things fundamental: therefore the Apostle speaks of some, Who shall bring in damnable Heresies, 2 Pet 2.1. 2. They make it differ in the affection of the person. He that is an Heretic hath pertinacy and obstinacy; An Heretic after the first and second admonition, reject, Tit. 3.10. But errors are with willingness to learn, and to be informed, as Austin, Errare possum haereticus esse nolo. Thus Ecclesiastical custom hath used the word Heresy, though I cannot say, the Scripture doth make that the adequate notion of the word. Thus you see in these three ways the minds of men may be corrupted, and through every one of them, more or less, a man may be brought to the very brink of hell. This is a truth little thought of; yea some have thought Heresy to be innocency; yea there are some who have maintained, a man may be saved in any Religion, or in any sect, which if so, then there could be no damnable Heresies.
Thirdly, There is a further corruption of the mind, and that is heresie. Which word though in the first rise of it, was innocent in its signification, and is so used twice or thrice in the Acts of the Apostles, as some affirm, yet in the Ep•stles it is alwayes used in an ill sense, and by ecclesiastical use, it's different from errour two wayes:1 1. Errour is in matters of lesse cons•quence, that are not of necessity; but heresie they make to be of things fundamentall: therefore the Apostle speaks of some, Who shall bring in damnable Heresies, 2 Pet 2.1. 2. They make it differ in the affection of the person. He that is an Heretique hath pertinacy and obstinacy; An Heretique after the first and second admonition, reject,