A26981:112
A paraphrase on the New Testament with notes, doctrinal and practical, by plainness and…A paraphrase on the New Testament with notes, doctrinal and practical, by plainess and…
A paraphrase on the New Testament with notes, doctrinal and practical, by plainness and brevity fitted to the use of religious families, in their daily reading of the Scriptures : and of the younger and poorer sort of scholars and ministers, who want fuller helps : with an advertisement of difficulties in the Revelations / by Richard Baxter.A paraphrase on the New Testament with notes, doctrinal and practical, by plainess and brevity fitted to the use of religious families, in their daily reading of the Scriptures : and of the younger and poorer sort of scholars and ministers, who want fuller helps : with an advertisement of difficulties in the Revelations / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for B. Simmons, 1685
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 was John that Isaiah prophesied of, and foretold what his preaching should be. Tho it be grace that prepareth for further grace, mans duty must be used thereunto, and the exalting works of grace presupposeth the humbling work of repentance as a necessary preparation.
4. And the same John had his raiment of Camels hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
4. And the same John had his rayment of Camels hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his meat was locusts and wild hony.
4. He was clothed with Haircloth, bound to him with a leather girdle, and fed on what the wilderness afforded, which was Locusts (which some think were an Herb so called, but most a sort of flies like great Grasshoppers that devour all green things,) and wild Honey.
4. He was cloathed with Haircloth, bound to him with a leather girdle, and fed on what the wilderness afforded, which was Locusts (which some think were an Herb so called, but most a sort of flies like great Grashoppers that devour all green things,) and wild Hony.