A30242:1350
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.
Let us consider, First, What an enemy to the Doctrine believed, the fleshly, humane wisdom of a man is. And
Let us consider, First, What an enemy to the Doctrine believed, the fleshly, humane wisdome of a man is. And
First, This humane wisdom puffeth a man up with pride, that he will not entertain such divine mysteries. And this swelling or puffing up is immediately contrary to an act of faith: For faith hath an obediential assent, namely, because God saith it; let my understanding cavil and argue never so plausibly, yet faith makes it obedientially yield unto the testimony and authority of God. Wonder not ⟨p. 231⟩therefore, if humane wisdom be such an enemy to Christianity, because faith and that are at immediate contrariety; faith bids the mind stoop and yield; humane wisdom bids it lift it self up. Hence the Scripture calls it, The obedience of (or to) faith, and it's the captivating of the understanding, the beating down the [Greek or Hebrew] every high thing that exalteth it self, 2 Cor. 10 5. So that faith is a kind of mental martyrdom, it puts to death those high and lofty thoughts men naturally have. Seeing then humane knowledge puffeth up, and filleth a man with pride, this putteth a man into an immediate contrariety unto believing, which is the Christians knowledge.
First, This humane wisdome puffeth a man up with pride, that he will not entertain such divine mysteries. And this swelling or puffing up is immediately contrary to an act of faith: For faith hath an obediential assent, namely, because God saith it; let my understanding cavil and argue never so plausibly, yet faith makes it obedientially yeeld unto the testimony and authority of God. Wonder not ⟨p. 231⟩therefore, if humane wisdome be such an enemy to Christianity, because faith and that are at immediate contrariety; faith bids the mind stoop and yeeld; humane wisdome bids it lift it self up. Hence the Scripture cals it, The obedience of (or to) faith, and it's the captivating of the understanding, the beating down the every high thing that exalteth it self,