A30242:940
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.
4. They are not profitable for duration or continuance. This straw will not keep off the rain of Gods tempests. Hence God will purge his people from this dross. The Disciples were many times in great errors, but Christ did recover them: And truly such is the goodness of God to his elect people, that they shall never totally and finally be deceived; you see here, they shall be saved by fire, and the fire will try it. God will by some severe affliction, or other means bring his people back again. The sheep that wandered will come home again, acknowledging their folly, and that they did only lose their wool in the briars of needless disputes.
4. They are not profitable for duration or continuance. This straw will not keep off the rain of Gods tempests. Hence God will purge his people from this drosse. The Disciples were many times in great errours, but Christ did recover them: And truly such is the goodnesse of God to his elect people, that they shall never totally and finally be deceived; you see here, they shall be saved by fire, and the fire will try it. God will by some severe affliction, or other means bring his people back again. The sheep that wandered will come home again, acknowledging their folly, and that they did only lose their wool in the briars of needlesse disputes.
Use of Instruction, To show the vanity and folly either of such teachers or hearers, that dote on errors, that admire hay and stubble, as if it were gold and precious stones. Oh try and prove things first by the Word, ere you rejoice or boast in them!
Ʋse of Instruct•on, To shew the vanity and folly either of such teachers or hearers, that dote on errours, that admire hay and stubble, as if it were gold and precious stones. Oh try and prove things first by the Word, ere you rejoyce or boast in them!