A30242:1243
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, The Spirit of God dwells in us after a saving manner, in the general, By way of sanctification of the Spirit, soul and body, even the whole man, 1 Thess. 5. This is the general. Every man is all over unclean, filthy, polluted, full of enmity to what is holy. Now the Spirit of God that makes an universal sanctification of all these. Hence by way of Office it's called, The Spirit of sanctification, and the holy Spirit; as Creation is appropriated to the Father, and Redemption to the Son, so Sanctification to the Holy Ghost. So then, as Christ in respect of his body, is said to be conceived ⟨p. 213⟩by the Holy Ghost; there was a preparing and sanctifying of it for the Personal Union, and the work of Redemption: So the Spirit of God sanctifieth the soul of every godly man; it makes every part and faculty, prepared for holy Duties in an holy man: for as the soul is the life of the body, that can do no vital action without it; So the Spirit is the life of the soul, and that can do no spiritual action without it. Oh then consider this, all ye that hear, and ponder it in your hearts! Have you thus been conceived, and borne of the Spirit of God? Thy other birth will avail nothing, though borne rich or noble: Yea, Couldst thou be borne a thousand times, in a natural way, thou wouldst still be a miserable wretched man. What is a good or ingenuous nature? What are excellent and choice abilities, if thou art not sanctified by the Spirit of God? Do not think these things are fancies and notions. The Spirit of God may as well be called a fancy, as his operations, fancies.
First, The Spirit of God dwels in us after a saving manner, in the general, By way of sanctification of the Spirit, soul and body, even the whole man, 1 Thess. 5. This is the general. Every man is all over unclean, filthy, polluted, full of enmity to what is holy. Now the Spirit of God that makes an universal sanctification of all these. Hence by way of Office it's called, The Spirit of sanctification, and the holy Spirit; as Creation is appropriated to the Father, and Redemption to the Sonne, so Sanctification to the Holy Ghost. So then, as Christ in respect of his body, is said to be conceived ⟨p. 213⟩