A30242:851
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.
They are to build their people upon no other rock. All is to refer to Christ: All Threatenings, all Promises, all Commands, all Duties; they are to bring to Christ As every thing in the Temple was covered with gold, so Christ is to cover all things: To be in all things. But how is this to be understood? We shall show how many ways Christ is to be preached as a Foundation, 1and you the Hearers are to make use of him in that sense.
They are to build their people upon no other rock. All is to referre to Christ: All Threatnings, all Promises, all Commands, all Duties; they are to bring to Christ As every thing in the Temple was covered with gold, so Christ is to cover all things: To be in all things. But how is this to be unnderstood? We shall shew how many waies Christ is to be preached as a Foundation, 1and you the Hearers are to make use of him in that sense.
- 1How many ways Christ is to be preached as a foundation.How many waies Christ is to be preached as a foundation.
First therefore, He is to be laid down as the only foundation, in respect of knowledge and instruction. We are to preach and set up him, as the great Prophet and Teacher of his Church. He calls himself the light that came into the world, Joh. 8.12. The Ministers, they are light, but as the Stars do lucere luce alienâ, with a borrowed light from the Sun; so neither do the Ministers of the Gospel enlighten any other way but by light from Christ. Hence he was prophesied of betimes, as the great Prophet whom God would raise up for his Church; and for this end he is so often called the Word, because he doth reveal unto us Gods will, and God from Heaven commanded all to hear him,