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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.
1Secondly, It cannot be denied, but that even a godly man may fall into ae damnable heresy, and some time continue in it. They may not believe some fundamentals in Religion for a while. Thus the Resurrection of Christ is a main Pillar of Religion, take this away, and our resurrection and all our comforts fall to the ground; yet many of the Apostles did not for a while believe it: and generally they erred in this fundamental, they took Christs Kingdom for a temporal one, and looked for a temporal Restoration: but yet the godly, though at any time thus plunged into a damnable way, have this difference from wicked men who are turned aside.
1Secondly, It cannot be denied, but that even a godly man may fall into ae damnable heresie, and some time continue in it. They may not believe some fundamentals in Religion for a while. Thus the Resurrection of Christ is a main Pillar of Religion, take this away, and our resurrection and all our comforts fall to the ground; yet many of the Apostles did not for a while believe it: and generally they erred in this fundamental, they took Christs Kingdom for a temporal one, and looked for a temporal Restauration: but yet the godly, though at any time thus plunged into a damnable way, have this difference from wicked men who are turned aside.
- 1A godly ma•n may fall into a damnable heresy.A godly ma•n may fall into a damnable heresie.
1First. There is a seed of grace within them, which though for a while it lieth asleep, yet at last will put forth it self. He cannot sin, because the seed abideth in him, 1 Joh. 3. As the spirits of Wine will at last work out all poison. So that as a man, who hath reason in him, may be taught what he knew not, when a brute beast cannot, because there is the seed of Reason upon which the teacher doth work. So it's here; in a godly man there is the principle of grace, and this spark will at last take fire, though for the present it be much overwhelmed.