A30242:466
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.
1That it is not enough for a people once to receive the true Faith, and principles of Religion, but they need a further watering and quickening them up to grow.
1That it is not enough for a people once to receive the true Faith, and principles of Religion, but they need a further watering and quickning them up to grow.
- 1Observ.
If the Husbandman should sow his seed, and never have any rain to drop fatness, his seed would rot under the ground. And the Gardener, who hath set his plants, hath had his water-pot to cherish and refresh his dried plants. Now as the Apostles they planted, so there were Evangelists, who did either accompany the Apostles, or went where they had already planted, and further instructed ⟨p. 83⟩them. Sometimes we read Paul himself watering, where he had planted: And it's the constant employment of Ministers, in a Church already settled, to water; that is, to endeavour the further growth of their knowledge and graces.
If the Husbandman should sow his seed, and never have any rain to drop fatnesse, his seed would rot under the ground. And the Gardener, who hath set his plants, hath had his water-pot to cherish and refresh his dried plants. Now as the Apostles they planted, so there were Evangelists, who did either accompany the Apostles, or went where they had already planted, and further instructed ⟨p. 83⟩them. Sometimes we read Paul himself watering, where he had planted: And it's the constant imployment of Ministers, in a Church already setled, to water; that is, to endeavour the further growth of their knowledge and graces.