A30242:634
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.
Fourthly, That men might be the more inexcusable. For if thou art not now converted and turned from thy sin, who shall plead for thee? We may take up that of the Apostle, you need not say, Who shall ascend up into Heaven, or descend into the lowermost parts of the earth? For the Word is near you, and nigh unto you. Yea the Scripture maketh it a mercy, when we have men of our own tongue, and not a strange one, that delivereth the Word unto us. Oh then, how speechless wilt thou be at the great day, when God shall arraign thee? Why hast thou not left thy sins! Why hast thou not forsaken thy evil ways? Did I not send Messengers of thy own flesh and blood? Did they not speak in a tongue thou knowest and understoodest? Why then have ye been rebellious? Oh think of this! for there is no sin, that God will punish so severely, as that his Messengers have come away doing no good to a people. God will one day make you know, what it is to have a labourer for him amongst you, Then shall they know they had a Prophet among them, Ezek. 33.33. Then when they shall be punished more than any other people in the world. Then, when in their own consciences they shall be convinced: Oh we heard these things, we were told of these things, but rejected them!
Fourthly, That men might be the more inexcus•ble. For if thou art not now converted and turned from thy sinne, who shall plead for thee? We may take up that of the Apostle, you need not say, Who shall ascend up into Heaven, or descend into the lowermost parts of the earth? For the Word is near you, and nigh unto you. Yea the Scripture maketh it a mercy, when we have men of our own tongue, and not a strange one, that delivereth the Word unto us. Oh then, how speechlesse wilt thou be at the great day, when God shall arraign thee? Why hast thou not left thy sinnes! Why hast thou not forsaken thy evil wayes? Did I not send Messengers of thy own flesh and bloud? Did they not speak in a tongue thou knowest and understoodest? Why then have ye been rebellious? Oh think of this! for there is no sinne, that God will punish so severely, as that his Messengers have come away doing no good to a people. God will one day make you know, what it is to have a labourer for him amongst you, Then shall they know they had a Prophet among them, Ezek. 33.33. Then when they shall be punished more than any other people in the world. Then, when in their own consciences they shall be convinced: Oh we heard these things, we were told of these things, but rejected them!