A30242:1467
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.
1. It is used of taking any thing by force of arms, jure belli. Thus Castles and strong holds are said to be taken, Numb. 21.32. And thus it denoteth such, who by their worldly craft lift up themselves, and grow insolent in their counsels against God; such God doth besiege, as it were, and straighten them, taking them at his pleasure.
1. It is used of taking any thing by force of armes, jure belli. Thus Castles and strong holds are said to be taken, Numb. 21.32. And thus it denoteth such, who by their worldly craft lift up themselves, and grow insolent in their counsels against God; such God doth beseige, as it were, and straigthen them, taking them at his pleasure.
2. The word is sometimes used in a judicial sense, to take men in their sins, as Joshua 7. Acha• is said to be taken in his theft. And thus God takes the wise men of the world in all their hidden and secret counsels of malice, and brings them to light to their confusion.
2. The word is sometimes used in a judicial sense, to take men in their sinnes, as Joshua 7. Acha• is said to be taken in his theft. And thus God takes the wise men of the world in all their hidden and secret counsels of malice, and brings them to light to their confusion.