A30242:1477
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.
1First, In dissipating their counsels that they cannot attain their ends. They attempt again and again, and are always repulsed. As 2 King. 46.11. the King of Syria had many times intended to entrap the King of Israel in such a place, and he was always disappointed, which made the heart of the King troubled, saith the text. It's not as mens counsels or purposes are, but the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand. The hearts of Kings, of the greatest of powers in the world, are as the rivers of water, which the Husbandman doth easily turn into this channel or that channel. Julian's great purpose, was to root out the Christian Religion; he would not have them named Christians but Galileans; he would not have them brought up in humane learning; he put all the discouragements upon them; would let them enjoy no benefits of the Law, or the Courts of Justice: and yet he was taken in his own craft. He was so strangely killed, that to this very day, Historians cannot tell the true manner of it. Thus God scatters all their counsels and their plots, whereby they are confounded.
1First, In dissipating their counsels that they cannot attain their ends. They attempt again and again, and are alwaies repulsed. As 2 King. 46.11. the King of Syria had many times intended to intrap the King of Israel in such a place, and he was alwaies disappointed, which made the heart of the King troubled, saith the text. It's not as mens counsels or purposes are, but the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand. The hearts of Kings, of the greatest of powers in the world, are as the rivers of water, which the Husbandman doth easily turn into this channell or that channell. Julian's great purpose, was to root out the Christian Religion; he would not have them named Christians but Galileans; he would not have them brought up in humane learning; he put all the discouragements upon them; would let them enjoy no benefits of the Law, or the Courts of Justice: and yet he was taken in his own craft. He was so strangely killed, that to this very day, Historians cannot tell the true manner of it. Thus God scatters all their counsels and their plots, whereby they are confounded.
- 1How God takes the wise men of the world in their own craft.