A30242:385
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.
Secondly, As they dare not seek themselves, but Christ, so if the people should set them up instead of Christ, they dare not own it. Let no man think of us (saith Paul) above what he ought to do. When the Lyconians would have given Divine worship to the Apostles, they rent their clothes, and were grieved at their blasphemy.
Secondly, As they dare not seek themselves, but Christ, so if the people should set them up instead of Christ, they dare not own it. Let no man think of us (saith Paul) above what he ought to do. When the Lyconians would have given Divine worship to the Apostles, they rent their cloathes, and were grieved at their blasphemy.
Use 1. How well pleasing it is to God, that the Ministers should walk in all simplicity and plainness of spirit. Many Officers in the Church, have thought by carnal policy, and crafty designs, to have advanced themselves; but nothing is so well-pleasing to him, as for us to abound in all humility, self-denial, and public affections to mens souls. If you consider the rage of the Devil, and the malice of wicked men, you would wonder, how God hath preserved a Ministry in all Ages. But as the Ark was not preserved in the water, as Ships are by the skill of the Pilot, and other helps, but by Gods goodness: So it is with the Ministry and Government of the Church.
Ʋse 1. How well pleasing it is to God, that the Ministers should walk in all simplicity and plainness of spirit. Many Officers in the Church, have thought by carnal policy, and crafty designes, to have advanced themselves; but nothing is so well-pleasing to him, as for us to abound in all humility, self-denyal, and publique affections to mens souls. If you consider the rage of the Devil, and the malice of wicked men, you would wonder, how God hath preserved a Ministry in all Ages. But as the Ark was not preserved in the water, as Ships are by the skill of the Pilote, and other helps, but by Gods goodness: So it is with the Ministry and Government of the Church.