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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.
To open the Doctrine, let us consider, What is implied in this, when the truths of Christ are thus called gold and precious stones? And
1First, The preciousness of them is hereby declared, They ought to be esteemed and desired by us, as much as the covetous man desires his gold and silver. The truths of Christ are sometimes compared to milk, for the nourishing virtue in them: Sometimes to honey, and the honey-comb, for the spiritual sweetness and refreshment the godly find therein; and sometimes to gold and precious stones, because of the admirable excellency and worth in them. Hence we are commanded, To contend for the faith, Jud. v. 3. to be in an agony; Why? It's more worth than gold. This made the holy Martyrs willingly die for it, they thought it more precious than life; they thought it no loss to be deprived of their own gold and silver to testify to this, and to propagate it to their posterity. The Apostle calls it [Greek or Hebrew], That good thing committed to thee. To you that believe Christ is precious, saith the Apostle, 1 Pet. 2.7. and so is every truth of Christs.
1First, The preciousnesse of them is hereby declared, They ought to be esteemed and desired by us, as much as the covetous man desires his gold and silver. The truths of Christ are sometimes compared to milk, for the nourishing vertue in them: Sometimes to honey, and the honey-comb, for the spiritual sweetnesse and refreshment the godly find therein; and sometimes to gold and precious stones, because of the admirable excellency and worth in them. Hence we are commanded, To contend for the faith, Jud. v. 3. to be in an agony; Why? It's more worth than gold. This made the holy Martyrs willingly die for it, they thought it more precious than life; they thought it no losse to be deprived of their own gold and silver to testifie to this, and to propagate it to their posterity. The Apostle cals it 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, That good thing committed to thee. To you that believe Christ is precious, saith the Apostle,