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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.
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First,1 That though God only gives the increase, yet it is only in and through the Ministry. We must not make such cavils: What use is there of Preaching? What need of the Ministry? Men will be as profane, and as ungodly as ever, till God change the heart; for you may as well urge, What needs the Husbandman plough, or sow, or prepare the ground, it's God only that blesseth it? No, God hath instituted means, to which he hath bound us; and those that will not hear Paul planting, or Apollo watering, may justly expect God will give no increase: Therefore the Apostle foresaw that great evil, of forsaking the Assemblies, the Ordinances, and bids them take heed, as the forerunner of Apostasy, Heb. 10.25, 26. If you take a tree from the River side, where it grew and brought forth fruit, and plant it in a wilderness, it will quickly wither.
First,1 That though God only gives the encrease, yet it is only in and through the Ministery. We must not make such cavils: What use is there of Preaching? What need of the Ministery? Men will be as prophane, and as ungodly as ever, till God change the heart; for you may as well urge, What needs the Husbandman plow, or sow, or prepare the ground, it's God only that blesseth it? No, God hath instituted means, to which he hath bound us; and those that will not hear Paul planting, or Apollo watering, may justly expect God will give no encrease: Therefore the Apostle foresaw that great evil, of forsaking the Assemblyes, the Ordinances, and bids them take heed, as the forerunner of Apostacy, Heb. 10.25, 26. If you take a tree from the River side, where it grew and brought forth fruit, and plant it in a wilderness, it will quickly wither.
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