A30242:935
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.
3. It's uncertainty is seen, that it doth never stay, till God in mercy to his Church put a period to it. Therefore false Doctrines are compared to a Gangrene, 2 Tim. 2.17. you know that spreads and spreads, till it hath even consumed the body. And thus it is with error, it spreads from one to another; and not only so, but this young Serpent will grow up to a Dragon in time. Arius una scintilla fuit, was but one spark, and yet he-set the whole world on fire. Wicked men shall grow worse and worse; one error draweth on another: When a man begins to tumble down the hill, it's hard staying ere he come to the bottom. And therefore when thou once beginnest to wander from the truth, fear thy self thou wilt presently be in a wilderness; yea thou wilt be like an Hazael in time. Those opinions and blasphemies thou wouldst once have trembled and quaked at, thou wilt excuse and defend. Experience hath ••en too true, but very sad, of this in all ages of the Church.
3. It's uncertainty is seen, that it doth never stay, till God in mercy to his Church put a period to it. Therefore false Doctrines are compared to a G•ngrene, 2 Tim. 2.17. you know that spreads and spreads, till it hath even consumed the body. And thus it is with errour, it spreads from one to another; and not only so, but this young Serpent will grow up to a Dragon in time. Arius una scintilla fuit, was but one spark, and yet he-set the whole world on fire. Wicked men shall grow worse and worse; one errour draweth on another: When a man begins to tumble down the hill, it's hard staying ere he come to the bottom. And therefore when thou once beginnest to wander from the truth, fear thy self thou wilt presently be in a wildernesse; yea thou wilt be like an Hazael in time. Those opinions and blasphemies thou wouldst once have trembled and quaked at, thou wilt excuse and defend. Experience hath ••en too true, but very sad, of this in all ages of the Church.