A26981:525
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.
25. At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes. 26. Even so Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight.
25, 26. Then Jesus said to God his Father, I thank thee, O Father, who being Lord of Heaven and Earth, hast the absolute right to dispose of all, that thou hast chosen the despised unlearned sort of men to make known effectually the Gospel of Salvation to, rather than the men of reputation for learning and wisdom in the world, and hast left proud self-conceited men in their ignorance, whilst thou hast taught the humble and meek. This pleaseth me, as being the choice and good pleasure of thy wisdom.
27. All things are delivered to me of my Father, and no man knoweth the Son but the Father, neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
27. All things are delivered to me of my Father, and no man knoweth the Son but the Father, neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoeever the Son will reveal him.