A30242:1191
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.
Lastly, The works of Sanctification, Faith, Repentance, and all other graces are wrought by him: Yea he is called, The holy Spirit, because that is his peculiar Office, to work holiness, and to sanctify men by the Ministry. Now Divines say, It is a far greater work, and argueth more power to sanctify the natures of men, then to make a new world; yet this is constantly applied to the holy Ghost, though not so as to exclude the other Persons in their order. Hence likewise all the means of Sanctification, viz. the Ministry and the gifts thereof, are also given to the same Spirit, Acts 25. Over which the holy Ghost hath made you overseers.
Lastly, The works of Sanctification, Faith, Repentance, and all other graces are wrought by him: Yea he is called, The holy Spirit, because that is his peculiar Office, to work holinesse, and to sanctifie men by the Ministry. Now Divines say, It is a farre greater work, and argueth more power to sanctifie the natures of men, then to make a new world; yet this is constantly applied to the holy Ghost, though not so as to exclude the other Persons in their order. Hence likewise all the means of Sanctification, viz. the Ministry and the gifts thereof, are also given to the same Spirit, Acts 25. Over which the holy Ghost hath made you overseers.
Thirdly, The attributes and properties of a God, as well as the works of a God, are also in Scripture given to the holy Ghost; omnipresence, filling the whole world. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? None can fly from it, Psal. 139.7. His Omniscience, in that he searcheth the deep things of God, 1 Cor. 2.11. His Omnipotency, as you heard: His Eternity, called the Eternal Spirit, Heb. 9 14. Though some understand that of Christs Divine Nature, and being before the world, in that he made it. Unity with the other Persons, These three are one. So that having the properties of God, he must needs be God.