A30242:848
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.
Christ is described: 1. By his proper Name Jesus, a Saviour of his people. 2. By his Office, Christ the Messiah, the anointed one. 3. Metaphorically, the foundation, sometimes Christ is called the foundation; and sometimes the corner stone; and all is to one sense, to show that he only supports the spiritual building, whether we mean the Church in general, or every soul in particular. Now, it's true, the Apostles Ephes. 2. and Rev. 21. are called the foundation also, but theirs is Fundamentum fundam•ntorum, as Austin; or fundamentum fundans, and fundamentum fundatum: The Apostles are only foundations that are built upon another foundation, viz. Christ. Or else the Apostles might be called a foundation, because of their Doctrine; in which sense Peter is called a rock: And Christ saith, he would build his Church on him, viz. upon that Doctrine confessed by him, Mat. 16.18. Though Cameron understandeth it of the person of Peter, yet not in the Popish sense, but because Peter was to be used as the first Person, who should preach the Gospel to the Gentiles: so that he is the rock of the Church, because on his preaching first was built, the declaration of the Gospel to the Gentiles: But this I affirm not. For, you see here, he is not only the foundation, but the solitary foundation; No other.
Christ is described: 1. By his proper Name Jesus, a Saviour of his people. 2. By his Office, Christ the Messiah, the anointed one. 3. Metaphorically, the foundation, sometimes Christ is called the foundation; and sometimes the corner stone; and all is to one sense, to shew that he only supports the spiritual building, whether we mean the Church in general, or every soul in particular. Now, it's true, the Apostles Ephes. 2. and Rev. 21. are called the foundation also, but theirs is Fundamentum fundam•ntorum, as Austin; or fundamentum fundans, and fundamentum fundatum: The Apostles are only foundations that are built upon another foundation, viz. Christ. Or else the Apostles might be called a foundation, because of their Doctrine; in which sense Peter is called a rock: And Christ saith, he would build his Church on him, viz. upon that Doctrine confessed by him,