A30242:1294
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.
Now what this destruction is, we have told you; not an annihilation of soul and body, as Socinians would have it; not a Physical destruction, but moral, viz. depriving the wicked man of all happiness and comfort. We have handled this relatively already, as it is the Portion of the Temple-defilers, I shall now consider it absolutely: Eternal wrath and damnation is described here under the name of destruction, which is the reward of every wicked impenitent man, whether his sins be intellectual or bodily. And the Doctrine I shall raise, is,
Now what this destruction is, we have told you; not an annihilation of soul and body, as Socinians would have it; not a Physical destruction, but moral, viz. depriving the wicked man of all happinesse and comfort. We have handled this relatively already, as it is the Portion of the Temple-defilers, I shall now consider it absolutely: Eternal wrath and damnation is described here under the name of destruction, which is the reward of every wicked impenitent man, whether his sinnes be intellectual or bodily. And the Doctrine I shall raise, is,
1That Eeternal Damnation is the Destruction of a man.
- 1Observ. Of Eternal Damnation.
It's the undoing of a man for ever. This Doctrine or Truth, hath a sting in it; and because men are generally so brutish and feared in their evil ways, I do the rather pitch upon it, because truths that are of a more sublime nature, do not so easily penetrate.
It's the undoing of a man for ever. This Doctrine or Truth, hath a sting in it; and because men are generally so bruitish and feared in their evil waies, I do the rather pitch upon it, because truths that are of a more sublime nature, do not so easily penetrate.