A30242:721
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.
This latter hath been dispatched already, I come now to consider of that work, or Ministry performed by Paul, expressed likewise in that continued Metaphor, which he had begun, I have laid the foundation. The plain meaning is obvious; he acquainted them with the fundamentals of the Gospel, that which they never heard of before, or knew nothing of, he did first instruct them in: As Rom. 15.20. Paul was careful not to build upon another mans foundation, which was, To preach the Gospel where Christ had not been named.
This latter hath been dispatched already, I come now to consider of that work, or Ministry performed by Paul, expressed likewise in that continued Metaphor, which he had begun, I have laid the foundation. The plain meaning is obvious; he acquainted them with the fundamentals of the Gospel, that which they never heard of before, or knew nothing of, he did first instruct them in: As Rom. 15.20. Paul was carefull not to build upon another mans foundation, which was, To preach the Gospel where Christ had not been named.
There is no difficulty in the words, only a doubt may be raised, How Paul can say, He layeth the foundation? which is no other but Christ, as appeareth at ⟨p. 125⟩the eleventh verse, seeing God appropriateth it to himself, Isa. 28.16. Behold I lay in Zion a foundation stone, &c? But
The answer is, God layeth this foundation, 1. By his Decree appointing Christ thereunto. And 2. By his temporal mission of him into the world; but Paul laid the foundation only ministerially and declaratively, by publishing Christ to be the Saviour, especially to those who never heard of him before.