A30242:556
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.
1. Do not thou by thy pragmatical m•dling, widen the difference, 1and raise more dust. In this Chapter, you have the Apostle laying down Arguments against divisions, and sometimes they belong to the Teachers, and sometimes to the Hearers. The indiscretion, and hot busy carriages of the Disciples, do sometimes make a greater distance among the Teachers. You see Johns Disciples out of emulation and envy▪ did what they could to stir up Johns spirit against Christ; but how graciously did he quench those sparks by that humility of his? I must decrease, but he must increase, John 3.30.
1. Do not thou by thy pragmatical m•dling, widen the difference, 1and raise more dust. In this Chapter, you have the Apostle laying down Arguments against divisions, and sometimes they belong to the Teachers, and sometimes to the Hearers. The indiscretion, and hot busie carriages of the Disciples, doe sometimes make a greater distance among the Teachers. You see Johns Disciples out of emulation and envy▪ did what they could to stirre up Johns spirit against Christ; but how graciously did he quench those sparks by that humility of his? I must decrease, but he must increase, John 3.30.
- 1What people should do, when Ministers and Professors are divided.What people sh•uld do, when Ministers and Professors are divided.