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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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1First, Let us consider, What the Apostle doth not mean, in saying, The Ministry is nothing. And
- 1What the Apostle doth not mean, in saying, The Ministry is nothing?
First, He doth not mean, as if the Officers of the Church were not in their way and place necessary; for then the Apostle in the same tongue should contradict himself, for he saith, We are workers together with God, 2 Cor. 6.1. Yea, this very Epistle might thereby be accounted nothing, because, though Paul wrote the Epistle, yet it is God that giveth the success unto it. They are therefore in themselves the necessary institutions and means of grace. And we are commanded to hear them, to wait on their Ministry, to submit unto them in the Lord. Do not therefore conclude from this, the uselessness and unnecessariness of preaching Gods word. For in other places, when the Scripture speaks absolutely, glorious and absolute effects are attributed unto it; and it's called no less than the Kingdom of Heaven. And if there be so much ado for an outward Kingdom, and earthly greatness, how much rather should this be prized and received?
First, He doth not mean, as if the Officers of the Church were not in their way and place necessary; for then the Apostle in the same tongue should contradict himself, for he saith, We are workers together with God, 2 Cor. 6.1. Yea, this very Epistle might thereby be accounted nothing, because, though Paul wrote the Epistle, yet it is God that giveth the successe unto it. They are therefore in themselves the necessary institutions and means of grace. And we are commanded to hear them, to wait on their Ministry, to submit unto them in the Lord. Do not therefore conclude from this, the uselesnesse and unnecessarinesse of preaching Gods word. For in other places, when the Scripture speaks absolutely, glorious and absolute effects are attributed unto it; and it's called no lesse than the Kingdom of Heaven. And if there be so much ado for an outward Kingdome, and earthly greatnesse, how much rather should this be prized and received?