A30242:599
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.
1Thirdly, The reward of godliness, or working for God, is again two-fold: Either Temporary here in this life, or Eternal in that come. Godliness hath the promise of this life, 1 Tim. 4 8. No promise of any temporal mercy, is made to a wicked man. God (indeed) by his Providence, d•sposeh many of those outward mercies to them, but they are not by the promise to them. They are Ismael's, not Isaac's. For all the Promises are Yea and Amen, firm and su•e in Christ, 2 Cor. 1. God (indeed) gave Nebuchadnezzar a temporal reward for his service, in destroying Tyre: And Austin saith, That that earthly dominion the Romans had in the world, was a reward of their Civil Justice: But these things are not still the fruit of a gracious Promise. Therefore they have them not in special mercy, neither are they sanctified to them. They have a right and dominion concerning them, but not a sanctified use: They are to them as Saul thought Michall would have been to David, to his utter ruin and ensnaring of him. Otherwise:
1Thirdly, The reward of godliness, or working for God, is again two-fold: Either Temporary here in this life, or Eternal in that come. Godliness hath the promise of this life, 1 Tim. 4 8. No promise of any temporal mercy, is made to a wicked man. God (indeed) by his Providence, d•sposeh many of those outward mercies to them, but they are not by the promise to them. They are Ismael's, not Isaac's. For all the Promises are Yea and Amen, firm and su•e in Christ, 2 Cor. 1. God (indeed) gave Nebuchadnezar a temporal reward for his service, in destroying Tyre: And Austin saith, That that earthly dominion the Romanes had in the world, was a reward of their Civil Justice: But these things are not still the fruit of a gracious Promise. Therefore they have them not in special mercy, neither are they sanctified to them. They have a right and dominion concerning them, but not a sanctified use: They are to them as Saul thought Michall would have been to David, to his utter ruine and ensnaring of him. Otherwise: