A30242:318
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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Fourthly, Our Apostle urgeth a further Argument in the same Chapter, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord: And Christ is made unto us Wisdom. So all boasting in men is to be excluded, as well as boasting in works. Oh but what is the cause of so many errors, of so many divisions! It's from boasting in men, such a man, and such a man; and by this means the glory due to God is taken away.
Fourthly, Our Apostle urgeth a further Argument in the same Chapter, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord: And Christ is made unto us Wisdome. So all boasting in men is to be excluded, as well as boasting in works. Oh but what is the cause of so many errors, of so many divisions! It's from boasting in men, such a man, and such a man; and by this meanes the glory due to God is taken away.
Fifthly, The Scripture makes it a great sin in matters of Religion, and the worship of God, to be servants of men, 1 Cor. 7.23. Now what is it to ⟨p. 53⟩be a servant of men? when, as brute beasts, we are wholly led at the command of others; believe what they bid us believe; worship with such worship as they command; yet this hath been an universal sin in all ages of the Church. Men nuzzled in ignorance and pleasing themselves in their folly, have without any judgement or information from Gods Word taken such a Religion, and followed such a Worship, as hath been imposed upon them. Hence they have been sometimes of one Religion, and sometimes of another, because they have been servants to men, and not Disciples of Christ. Malunt credere, quam judicare. Thus they offer an Ass for a sacrifice.
Fifthly, The Scripture makes it a great sinne in matters of Religion, and the worship of God, to be servants of men, 1 Cor. 7.23. Now what is it to ⟨p. 53⟩