A30242:827
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.
1Secondly, The word of God, which containeth the foundation, that the Apostles have laid, may be either considered in respect of the words only, or in respect of the sense clothed with the words. Now indeed it's not the holy Scripture, but when both the sense and the words go together: if a man take the words only contrary to the sense, he abuseth it, and so promoteth the Heretics, and the Devils interest, not Gods glory. For the sense, that is the internal for me and life of all the words. So that it is not enough to allege the words of the Scripture: It's not enough to be able to say, The Scripture saith such words; but the true sense and meaning, that is the soul; the words are the body only; yet the words must be diligently attended unto, as that by which we come to find out the sense. The Devil brought Scripture, but he perverted it, applying it to an ill sense, and so all Heretics have alleged words, but not the true sense breathing in them.
1Secondly, The word of God, which containeth the foundation, that the Apostles have laid, may be either considered in respect of the words only, or in respect of the sense cloathed with the words. Now indeed it's not the holy Scripture, but when both the sense and the words go together: if a man take the words only contrary to the sense, he abuseth it, and so promoteth the Hereticks, and the Devils interest, not Gods glory. For the sense, that is the internal for me and life of all the words. So that it is not enough to alledge the words of the Scripture: It's not enough to be able to say, The Scripture saith such words; but the true sense and meaning, that is the soul; the words are the body only; yet the words must be diligently attended unto, as that by which we come to find out the sense. The Devil brought Scripture, but he perverted it, applying it to an ill sense, and so all Heretiques have alledged words, but not the true sense breathing in them.
- 1Both the words of Scripture and the sense of Scripture must be attended unto.