A30242:284
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.
You that are the sheep of Christ, have a great duty required of you, you are to abound in all love and ready submission unto the doctrine of your faithful Shepherds, and yet also, not so to admire any person, as thereby to be drawn into errors or falsehoods, they may possibly maintain. The Apostle Jud. 12. makes one great cause of the errors these men followed he speaks of, that they had mens persons in admiration; That is, when men love the truth for the persons sake, not the person for the truths sake, when men are of such an opinion, or such a faith, because those that they admire are so, though they understand nothing in it: whereas it is an excellent rule of Tertullian, lib. de prescript. Non fidem ex personis, but personas ex fide dignoscimus. This truth may much heal the disease of the times, for men believe much as they affect, and admire, and few have a sound mind and judgement to discern of things that differ, qui credit quod vult, non quod est, cupit errare: but I shall speak little of this to this auditory. Two parts there are in the Doctrine.
You that are the sheep of Christ, have a great duty required of you, you are to abound in all love and ready submission unto the doctrine of your faithfull Shepherds, and yet also, not so to admire any person, as thereby to be drawn into errours or falshoods, they may possibly maintain. The Apostle Jud. 12. makes one great cause of the errours these men followed he speaks of, that they had mens persons in admiration; That is, when men love the truth for the persons sake, not the person for the truths sake, when men are of such an opinion, or such a faith, because those that they admire are so, though they understand nothing in it: whereas it is an excellent rule of Tertullian, lib. de prescript. Non fidem ex personis, but personas ex fide dignoscimus. This truth may much heal the disease of the times, for men beleive much as they affect, and admire, and few have a sound mind and judgement to discerne of things that differ, qui credit quod vult, non quod est, cupit errare: but I shall speak little of this to this auditory. Two parts there are in the Doctrine.
First, That great and high respect is to be showed to the faithful Ministers of the Gospel.