A30242:437
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.
1Now in the next place, Consider the Ends, Why all have not the same Gifts, but some one way, some another. And
- 1Why all have not the same Gifts.
First, Hereby God doth declare his Wisdom. His honour is magnified by these varieties. It argueth there is plenty and fullness of the Spirit with him. When God made the world, how many several Species and kinds of Creatures did he make, which no man can reckon up? And then, every individual in that Species, different by some individual Properties from one another. Every man hath a different face from another: Which variety of the creatures, doth wonderfully extol the treasure of his wisdom. The Musician showeth his skill, by his variety of Notes. When the Tabernacle was to be built, there was Aholiab, and Bezaliel, endowed with excellent wisdom for that purpose. So that in this diversity of Administrations, we may behold the wisdom of God, and praise him much more in the Church Assemblies, then in beholding the creatures.
First, Hereby God doth declare his Wisdome. His honour is magnified by these varieties. It argueth there is plenty and fulness of the Spirit with him. When God made the world, how many several Species and kinds of Creatures did he make, which no man can reckon up? And then, every individual in that Species, different by some individual Properties from one another. Every man hath a different face from another: Which variety of the creatures, doth wonderfully extoll the treasure of his wisdome. The Musician sheweth his skill, by his variety of Notes. When the Tabernacle was to be built, there was Aholiab, and Bezaliel, endowed with excellent wisdome for that purpose. So that in this diversity of Administrations, we may behold the wisdome of God, and praise him much more in the Church Assemblies, then in beholding the creatures.