A30242:822
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.
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
It's a dangerous thing to put that sense and meaning on the word of God, which is not the true genuine sense of it.
They are with much care, fear and trembling, to consider, how they build upon the Scriptures. And if Ministers are thus to take heed; then likewise all others, who read and search the Scriptures, are to take heed of presumptuous boldness, and irreverent ignorance in the perverting of it. The Scriptures are called [Greek or Hebrew], the Testament, or Will of Christ. Now as it's a dangerous thing,