A30242:166
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, That the Original and Fountain of this Envy, is the same with the other great impieties that are committed in the world; viz. The flesh, or Corrupt part in a man. So Gal. 5. and James 4. Envying strifes, are said to come from the wisdom of the flesh, and diabolical wisdom, opposite to the wisdom from above; which is chaste, peaceable, and long-suffering. So then, seeing this is a lesser stream from that bitter Fountain: This is part of the gall and wormwood every one is in by nature: No man can conclude he is wholly godly, that hath not power to mortify this sin in some degree. And therefore in that, Gal. 5. the Apostle reckons it amongst all those gross sins: Murders, Uncleanness, Idolatries, Wichcrafts. And concludeth, They that do such things, shall never inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. Yet though the Scripture brand this sin as the seed of the Devil, and the spawn of the flesh; how prevalent is this sin, every where amongst bad; yea, amongst good? How many sad Envyings, and evil eyes are there towards one another's good? For so the Scripture calls it an evil eye, because they look with discontent, and grudging upon others. Envy is a squint-eyed sin, and so the more deformed sin. Vixque tenet lachrymas, quia nil lachrymabile cernit.
1First, That the Original and Fountain of this Envy, is the same with the other great impieties that are committed in the world; viz. The flesh, or Corrupt part in a man. So Gal. 5. and James 4. Envying strifes, are said to come from the wisdome of the flesh, and diabolical wisdome, opposite to the wisdome from above; which is chast, peaceable, and long-suffering. So then, seeing this is a lesser stream from that bitter Fountain: This is part of the gall and wormwood every one is in by nature: No man can conclude he is wholly godly, that hath not power to mortifie this sinne in some degree. And therefore in that, Gal. 5. the Apostle reckons it amongst all those gross sinnes: Murders, Ʋncleanness, Idolatries, Wichcrafts. And concludeth, They that do such things, shall never inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. Yet though the Scripture brand this sinne as the seed of the Devil, and the spawn of the flesh; how prevalent is this sinne, every where amongst bad; yea, amongst good? How many sad Envyings, and evil eyes are there towards one anothers good? For so the Scripture cals it an evil eye, because they look with discontent, and grudging upon others. Envy is a squint-ey'd sinne, and so the more deformed sinne. Vixque tenet lachrymas, quia nil lachrymabile cernit.