A30242:557
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.
2. Consider this, That those that are godly do agree in the main fundamental point ▪ So that whatsoever is necessary to salvation, that they do not fail in; They agree in the soul and life of Religion, for other things we cannot expect unity in this life, as long as some have more ⟨p. 100⟩knowledge than others, and more grace and self-denial than others, so long there will be differences. You see Paul and Barnabas had a sharp contest with one another. And the Apostle speaks of the corrupt censurings that the strong and weak Christians had of one another, Romans 1.4.
2. Consider this, That those that are godly doe agree in the main fundamental point ▪ So that whatsoever is necessary to salvation, that they doe not faile in; They agree in the soul and life of Religion, for other things we cannot expect unity in this life, as long as some have more ⟨p. 100⟩knowledge than others, and more grace and self-denial than others, so long there will be differences. You see Paul and Barnabas had a sharpe contest with one another. And the Apostle speakes of the corrupt censurings that the strong and weake Christians had of one another, Romans 1.4.
3. Do thou labour to be informed with a true and divine faith out of the Word, thy own self. Those that at first believed Christ upon the woman of Samaria's report, did afterwards believe Christ for his own sake. The Ministry is that by which we do believe, but we do not believe in it. Now that is the reason, many do so stagger, and know not what to say or do: They are not steadfast and immovable in faith; The just shall live by his faith; by his faith in particular. And then, though the whole world should turn Sceptic, yet he would be as resolute as a Stoic in the matters of God.