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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.
Verse 9. For we are workers together with God.
This ninth verse is a further amplification of Pauls intent, which is to press unity against factions and divisions; and it's a declaration of his Argument before, which was, The planters and waterers are one, but God gives the increase. This he further illustrates in the beginning of this verse, For we are workers together with God. We are all in Gods vineyard, and labour unto him. So that this expression doth as much extol the office of the Ministry, as the former did seem to depress it. For how great a glory is this, to be workers together with God, Omnium divinorum divin•ssimum est, saith an Ancient. It's the divinest work that can be to be instrumental to bring a rational soul to its first principle, which is God, from whom it hath apostatized. But
THis ninth verse is a further amplification of Pauls intent, which is to presse unity against factions and divisions; and it's a declaration of his Argument before, which was, The planters and waterers are one, but God gives the increase. This he further illustrates in the beginning of this verse, For we are workers together with God. We are all in Gods vineyard, and labour unto him. So that this expression doth as much extoll the office of the Ministry, as the former did seem to depresse it. For how great a glory is this, to be workers together with God, Omnium divinorum divin•ssimum est, saith an Ancient. It's the divinest work that can be to be instrumental to bring a rational soul to its first principle, which is God, from whom it hath apostatized. But