A30242:710
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.
First, The denying of Original sin, is a great Engine against the grace of God. When Paul would raise up the Ephesians to confess Gods grace that had quickened them, he tells them they were dead in sin; and, by nature the Children of wrath, Ephes. 2 So David when he would extol Gods mercy in pardoning, he goeth to the very iniquity he was conceived in, Psal. 51.
First, The denying of Original sinne, is a great Ingine against the grace of God. When Paul would raise up the Ephesians to confess Gods grace that had quickned them, he tels them they were dead in sinne; and, by nature the Children of wrath, Ephes. 2 So David when he would extoll Gods mercy in pardoning, he goeth to the very iniquity he was conceived in, Psal. 51.
Secondly, The maintenance of free-will, d•th much detract from free grace. It's strange that any should hold this, when the Scripture doth in so many places, make man by nature, a corrupt tree, from whom no good thing can come.
Thirdly, That the Law is not to be preached; no, not for Direction or Obligation: Whereas Christ and Paul do often press this.