A30242:349
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
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations ON THE Third Chapter of t… › 1 COR. 1.12. And I of Christ?
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therefore he bids them, Try the Spirits, or such,1 who happily might have heard Christ himself teaching in his own person, and so did wrest those Doctrines that Christ taught, and yet in their sense made Christ the teacher of them, both may be included.
Although I must add, That a further thing also is to be comprehended in this factious exalting of Christ, v•z. not only thereby to exclude Instruments; but also to conclude, that they only had Christ amongst them. For this is the property of many Sects, to appropriate Christ to themselves, as if none had Christ but they. Thus the Donatists did monopolize the word Christians to themselves. Observe,
Although I must adde, That a further thing also is to be comprehended in this factious exalting of Christ, v•z. not only thereby to exclude Instruments; but also to conclude, that they only had Christ amongst them. For this is the property of many Sects, to appropriate Christ to themselves, as if none had Christ but they. Thus the Donatists did monopolize the word Christians to themselves. Observe,
That although Christ only is to be relied upon,1 as the Head of his Church, yet it is not his will, that under this pretence, we should despise, or contemn his Ministry, and the means of grace he hath appointed.