A30242:1504
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
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Fifthly, Vanity is often used for that which is unstable, uncertain and fading. And thus the thoughts of wise men are vain, subject to changes, contradictions, and at last vanish into nothing: So that as our bodies are vain bodies, and all the whole Creation is subject to vanity: Thus are all the thoughts, counsels and purposes of the wisest men subject to uncertainty, only the creatures they groan under this vanity, but so doth not man. Do but observe your own thoughts, Are they not as vain as the very dreams of feverish men? Mayest thou not say, as the Prophet to the Church, How long shall vain thoughts lodge in thee? Jerem. 4.14. The Psalmist saith of some, That they and their thoughts perish together. Go to the Graves and Tombs of the great men in the world, who have been upon the earth, like Leviathan in the waters, and are not all their purposes and projects laid in the dust, as well as their bodies?
Fifthly, Vanity is often used for that which is unstable, uncertain and fading. And thus the thoughts of wise men are vain, subject to changes, contradictions, and at last vanish into nothing: So that as our bodies are vain bodies, and all the whole Creation is subject to vanity: Thus are all the thoughts, counsels and purposes of the wisest men subject to uncertainty, only the creatures they groan under this vanity, but so doth not man. Do but observe your own thoughts, Are they not as vain as the very dreams of feavourish men? Mayest thou not say, as the Prophet to the Church, How long shall vain thoughts lodge in thee? Jerem. 4.14. The Psalmist saith of some, That they and their thoughts perish together. Goe to the Graves and Tombes of the great men in the world, who have been upon the earth, like Leviathan in the waters, and are not all their purposes and projects laid in the dust, as well as their bodies?
Sixthly, They are vain, because they work nothing but vain and absurd things. What do vain thoughts produce but vain words, vain gestures, vain attire and fashions, vain discourse in communication, vain opinions, and a vain worship. Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts,