A30242:516
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, You may ask, If God only give increase, What means may we take to have God bless us in this manner? And
Secondly, You may ask, If God onely give increase, What means may we take to have God blesse us in this manner? And
First, Do thou highly esteem and prize the Ministry God hath appointed, expect not Gods increase, where Apollo doth not water. The Apostle (you heard) doth admirably join both these together, mans Ministry, and Gods Efficacy. Think not then contemptibly and vilely of the means of grace. But
First, Do thou highly esteem and prize the Ministry God hath appointed, expect not Gods increase, where Apollo doth not water. The Apostle (you heard) doth admirably joyn both these together, mans Ministry, and Gods Efficacy. Think not then contemptibly and vilely of the means of grace. But
Secondly, Lean not on it too much, as if that of it self were able for any spiritual good. He that watereth, and he that planteth are nothing, (viz.) comparatively and relatively to God. We are apt to run from one extreme to another. Some despise Ordinances, and some rely on them, and not Christ in them. Christ said of his own flesh, that it did not profit, it was the spirit that quickened, John 6.63. How much rather may we say, it is not the Ordinance, but the Spirit by it that doth quicken.
Secondly, Lean not on it too much, as if that of it self were able for any spiritual good. He that watereth, and he that planteth are nothing, (viz.) comparatively and relatively to God. We are apt to runne from one extream to another. Some despise Ordinances, and some relie on them, and not Christ in them. Christ said of his own flesh, that it did not profit, it was the spirit that quickned,