A30242:1309
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.
Thirdly, It's an Inevitable Destruction. God will destroy,1 Who can stop Gods hand? Who can hinder his blow? If a little of Gods wrath be kindled, Who can abide? How much less when he stirreth up all his wrath? It is the day of his wrath, when Kingdoms and Nations feel the day of his temporal wrath, How sad hath it been? Jerusalem had her day of Gods wrath, but these are only drops to that ocean of his wrath.
Thirdly, It's an Inevitable Destruction. God will destroy,1 Who can stop Gods hand? Who can hinder his blow? If a little of Gods wrath be kindled, Who can abide? How much lesse when he stirreth up all his wrath? It is the day of his wrath, when Kingdomes and Nations feele the day of his temporal wrath, How sad hath it been? Jerusalem had her day of Gods wrath, but these are onely drops to that ocean of his wrath.
- 1Inevitable.
Now manifold Uses may be made of this, but I shall instance only in one here,
Now manifold Uses may be made of this, but I shall instance onely in one here,
Of Instruction. Here is a plain and evident discovery of the madness and folly of wicked men, that will drink, swear, and walk in all their brutish lusts. What hast thou not heard of this destruction from God? What dost thou not believe that after all these pleasures of sin, God will destroy thee? We would wonder what a senseless, brutish and irrational a creature a wicked man is, that should be no more afraid of this destruction. Tell him of a temporal undoing, he shall be undone in his estate, in his life, and you make his heart as cold as a stone within him; but tell him soul and body shall be undone in fire and brimstone, and that for ever, he makes no matter of it; And why is all this? Either