A30242:965
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.
1. It argueth a m•n hath more consciousness to himself, that he doth not wel•, therefore he wou•d not have the world know, Now when any man sins with a consciousness to himself that he doth sin; this is a bloody aggravation. Tremble at this, you who live in secret wickedness, Why doest thou keep it so close? Why art thou so fearful? Why doest thou as Rachel make a• excuse to cover thy Idols? All this argueth the more consciousness, the more gu••t in thee: Thy conscience is awakened, thou hast strugglings and convictions within thee; this is to rebel against light; this is to stop the mouth o• •hy monitor; thy conscience within, which the very Heathen could say, was a god to every man; I tell thee, sinning thus against conscience▪ more have despaired than upon any other ground. Oh they did thus, and they lived thus; but all this while they had a consciousness to themselves they should do otherwise. This hath made them so deeply possessed (though happily upon false grounds) that they have sinned against the holy Ghost.
1. It argueth a m•n hath more consciousnesse to himself, that he doth not wel•, therefore he wou•d not have the world know, Now when any man sins with a consciousnesse to himself that he doth sinne; this is a bloody aggravation. Tremble at this, you who live in secret wickednesse, Why doest thou keep it so close? Why art thou so fearfull? Why doest thou as Rachel make a• excuse to cover thy Idols? All this argueth the more consciousnesse, the more gu••t in thee: Thy conscience is awakened, thou hast ••ruglings and conv•ctions within thee; this is to rebel against light; this is to stop the mouth o• hy monitour; thy conscience within, which the very Heathen could say, was a god to every man; I tell thee, sinning thus against conscience more have despaired than upon any other ground. Oh they did thus, and they lived thus; but all this while they had a consciousnesse to themselves they should do otherwise. This hath made them so deepy possessed (though happily upon false grounds) that they have sinned against the holy Ghost.