A30242:776
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.
A second part of that foundation we must lay for the practice of holiness,1 is, The Justification and Reconciliation of our persons with God through Christ. For till our persons be thus accepted of, though we should give our bodies to be burnt for the Truth of Christ, it would not be accepted of. Thus God had respect to Abel, and then to his offerings, Heb. 11. We are by faith to be planted in Christ, and then as his branches, we are able to bring forth fruit. Now this truth is very transcendent to our thoughts. Who doth not think it is in Divinity, as they speak in moral Philosophy, Just a agendo sumus justi, by doing good actions we come to be made good and acceptable with God? This is that dangerous Position which the Apostle doth so often oppose, showing grace and works can never be brought together in the same subject. We must therefore in this matter wholly go out of our own selves; we must attend to the acceptation of our persons first, otherwise all our best works are damnable and loathsome to God; we are stubble, and he is fire. Though the Papists thinks it hard Doctrine, yet it is sure enough, that every man unjustified, doth sin and provoke God in every thing he doth.
A second part of that foundation we must lay for the practice of holiness,1 is, The Justification and Reconciliation of our persons with God through Christ. For till our persons be thus accepted of, though we should give our bodies to be burnt for the Truth of Christ, it would not be accepted of. Thus God had respect to Abel, and then to his offerings, Heb. 11. We are by faith to be planted in Christ, and then as his branches, we are able to bring forth fruit. Now this truth is very transcendent to our thoughts. Who doth not think it is in Divinity, as they speak in moral Philosophy, Just a agendo sumus justi, by doing good actions we come to be made good and acceptable with God? This is that dangerous Position which the Apostle doth so often oppose, shewing grace and works can never be brought together in the same subject. We must therefore in this matter wholly goe out of our own selves; we must attend to the acceptation of our persons first, otherwise all our best workes are damnable and loathsome to God; we are stubble, and he is fire. Though the Papists thinks it hard Doctrine, yet it is sure enough, that every man unjustified, doth sinne and provoke God in every thing he doth.