A30242:1332
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, Purity and an undefiled life from the wicked ways of the world. Though they be in the world, yet not of the world. This is called pure Religion, to keep a man defiled from the world, Jam. 1.27. And we must not be conformed to the fashion of this world, Rom. 12.2. We are to be as Lot in Sodom, so far from having fellowship with it, that we are to grieve in seeing and hearing the evil deeds of others. We are to be like the three Worthies in the midst of the fire, and yet our hair not singed thereby. Do not thou then judge of thy self, as the Temple of God, when thou art like a dung-hill; thy heart is not a sacred Temple, but an open Inn or Market-place; all strange lusts may lodge in thee; thou art to take Christ for an example, not the world.
First, Purity and an undefiled life from the wicked wayes of the world. Though they be in the world, yet not of the world. This is called pure Religion, to keep a man defiled from the world, Jam. 1.27. And we must not be conformed to the fashion of this world, Rom. 12.2. We are to be as Lot in Sodome, so farre from having fellowship with it, that we are to grieve in seeing and hearing the evil deeds of others. We are to be like the three Worthies in the midst of the fire, and yet our hair not singed thereby. Do not thou then judge of thy self, as the Temple of God, when thou art like a dung-hill; thy heart is not a sacred Temple, but an open Inne or Market-place; all strange lusts may lodge in thee; thou art to take Christ for an example, not the world.
Secondly, Dedication, and giving up our selves wholly unto God. Thy soul and body are to be one Temple, only thy soul is the Saxctum sanctorum; there should only be admitted choice and sanctified thoughts and intentions, Shall I take (saith the Apostle) the member of Christ, and make it the member of an harlot?