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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.
In the next place, Let us observe, what a sin it is, 1if people are not able to bear, or receive, the practical operations of the Word. For all knowledge, if it be not after godliness, is a tinkling cymbal. The Word is not only the tree of knowledge, but the tree of life also. And
In the next place, Let us observe, what a sinne it is, 1if people are not able to bear, or receive, the practical operations of the Word. For all knowledge, if it be not after godlinesse, is a tinkling cymbal. The Word is not only the tree of knowledge, but the tree of life also. And
- 12. Practical Effects.
First, The Word is usually clothed with this Majesty, as to awe mens consciences, to make them civil, to cause them to forbear many gross and rude ways they were once accustomed unto. Thus Johns Ministry, though it did not convert Herod, yet it made him do many things gladly. The rocky and stony ground was a little mollified on the top to receive the Word, though it was not soft at bottom. The Word, though it doth not soak to the bottom of mens hearts, though it doth not enter so deep, yet it thaweth above sometimes, and men grow more civil. This makes the walls fall down, though it doth not take the City. Oh woe then, and again woe to that man, to whom the Word hath not done so much as this, but he is as profane as a very beast, as if he had lived in hell, and not under the preaching of the Word, which is called the kingdom of Heaven! The wild beasts of the field, they hide themselves, when once the day begins to break forth. And certainly, profane, uncivil men, should even call to the mountains and hills to cover them, rather than be seen in such evil ways. Those that are drunk are drunk in the night, saith the Apostle, 1 Thess. 5.7. and they are called, works of darknsse. Why then dost thou stumble in the day? Thou hast light to see where thou shouldst walk. The Apostle speaks of one sort of wickedness, That it was not so much as named among Heathens,