A30242:991
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. This craft is seen, Either in sweet and winning words, full of love and kindness; or else in pretence to deep and sublime mysteries. Some men are most taken with moral and popular discourses; therefore Paul saith, they have [Greek or Hebrew], Rom. 16.18. good sweet honey words. Others a•e more taken with subtle and philosophical Arguments; therefore the Apostle bids them, Beware of philosophy, Col. 2.8. and saith, it's knowledge falsely so called. Philosophi fuerunt Patriarchae haereticorum. Yea these Nani, that hay and stubble we find in some of the Greek Fathers, about Free-will and Grace, is attributed to their Platonical Philosophy, which was soaked too much in them, and so continued, though Christians; as Aristotle's Philosophy infected the fountain in the Schoolmens time.
3. This craft is seen, Either in sweet and winning words, full of love and kindnesse; or else in pretence to deep and sublime mysteries. Some men are most taken with moral and popular discourses; therefore Paul saith, they have 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Rom. 16.18. good sweet honey words. Others a•e more taken with subtil and philosophical Arguments; therefore the Apostle bids them, Beware of philosophy, Col. 2.8. and saith, it's knowledge falsly so called. Philosophi fuerunt Patriarchae haereticorum. Yea these Nani, that hay and stubble we find in some of the Greek Fathers, about Free-will and Grace, is attributed to their Platonical Philosophy, which was soaked too much in them, and so continued, though Christians; as Aristotles Philosophy infected the fountain in the Schoolmens time.