A26981:280
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.
Note, That tho it be our God and Saviour that layeth up our treasure in Heaven, and saveth us freely by Grace, yet it is we that are commanded to lay it up, and save our selves, subordinately, by faith, hope, love, and labour, which qualify us as fit receivers of it.
Note, That tho it be our God and Saviour that layeth up our treasure in Heaven, and saveth us freely by Grace, yet it is we that are commanded to lay it up, and save our selves, subordinately, by faith, hope, love, and labour, which qualifie us as fit receivers of it.
21. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
21. And by this you may know whether you truly place your Treasure in Heaven or on earth (Not by your speculative opinion or words: for what Hypocrite will not say that Heaven is better than Earth?) But by the bent of your hearts: Your Love, Care, Trust, and hope will be where your Treasure is. That which you 1. highliest value practically, 2. and most desire and choose, 3. and labour for, tho with the greatest care and cost, that's it that is indeed your Treasure.
21. And by this you may know whether you truly place your Treasure in Heaven or on earth (Not by your speculative opinion or words: for what Hypocrite will not say that Heaven is better than Earth?) But by the bent of your hearts: Your Love, Care, Trust, and hope will be where your Treasure is. That which you 1. highliest value practically, 2. and most desire and chuse, 3. and labour for, tho with the greatest care and cost, that's it that is indeed your Treasure.