A30242:1463
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.
Use 2. To judge that only wisdom, which the wise God judgeth so. Who so is wise and prudent, he will foresee the evil day of death, and judgment, and accordingly prepare himself: He will lay up Treasure for the life to come He layeth that Principle as the chiefest of his Politics. What will it profit a man to win the whole world, and loose his own soul? Mat. 16.26.
Ʋse 2. To judge that only wisdome, which the wise God judgeth so. Who so is wise and prudent, he will foresee the evil day of death, and judgment, and accordingly prepare himself: He will lay up Treasure for the life to come He layeth that Principle as the chiefest of his Politiques. What will it profit a man to winne the whole world, and loose his own soul? Mat. 16.26.
For it is written, he taketh the wise in their own craft.
That divine axiom asserted by the Apostle in the former part of this verse, he now confirmeth by a two-fold testimony. The one is from Job. 5.13. and this we are to handle at this time. They are the words of Eliphaz to Job, who though with the other Friends, they did err in the particular application of their speeches to Job, yet the general matter taken in an abstracted sense, was full of wisdom and truth. The words are worthy of all diligent consideration, though I shall not insist long, hastening to the other matter that followeth. The Testimony is a Proposition, declaring Gods carriage and power to the earthly wise men of the world. And 1. Let us consider Gods Efficiency. 2. The Subject of this.