A30242:880
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 therefore secondly, Christ Jesus cannot be preached as the foundation, unless the Doctrine of God the Father, and the holy Ghost be also made known. Hence are those expressions, He that knoweth the Son, knoweth the Father also. And, He that denieth the Son, denieth the Father; And he that honoureth the Son, honoureth the Father, John 8.19. John 5.23. The Doctrine of Christ as Mediator, cannot be laid down without the Doctrine of God the Father, giving his Son to be thus a Mediator for us, and the Spirit of God, as applying, working, and sealing all those benefits, that Christ hath purchased. Hence Christ doth often acknowledge the Father in that work he came to do for mankind. So that Christ Jesus is the foundation; but there may be a more explicit revealing of what is necessarily implied in this foundation.
And therefore secondly, Christ Jesus cannot be preached as the foundation, unless the Doctrine of God the Father, and the holy Ghost be also made known. Hence are those expressions, He that knoweth the Sonne, knoweth the Father also. And, He that denieth the Sonne, denieth the Father; And he that honoureth the Sonne, honoureth the Father, John 8.19. John 5.23. The Doctrine of Christ as Mediatour, cannot be laid down without the Doctrine of God the Father, giving his Sonne to be thus a Mediatour for us, and the Spirit of God, as applying, working, and sealing all those benefits, that Christ hath purchased. Hence Christ doth often acknowledge the Father in that work he came to do for mankind. So that Christ Jesus is the foundation; but there may be a more explicite revealing of what is necessarily implied in this foundation.
A second Objection is, Is Christ only to be preached as the foundation? 1