A30242:821
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.
And when he saith, Every man] his meaning is only of Officers and Teachers, he doth not speak of private persons, though they also are to take heed they put no false or erroneous sense upon the Scripture; but he speaks of public Teachers, who by their calling and Offices are to build.
And when he saith, Every man] his meaning is onely of Officers and Teachers, he doth not speak of private persons, though they also are to take heed they put no false or erroneous sense upon the Scripture; but he speaks of publick Teachers, who by their calling and Offices are to build.
Now the Object of this Exhortation is, To take heed what they build. To build after the foundation is laid, is the same with watering after planting. And it implieth a further continuation and illustration, explication and application, as also a clearer confirmation of that matter, which is already laid down by the Apostles. So that observe,
The Ministers of God are greatly to take heed,1 that they preach no other thing, than what is already contained in the Scripture. Or
- 1Observ. Of Ministers building upon the foundation of Scripture by their preaching