A26981:648
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.
44. The way of Salvation by Christ, showeth men the certain hopes of so inestimable a treasure in the life to come, as maketh the faithful choose it for their best, and part with all the pleasure, profit, and honour of the world to obtain it.
44. The way of Salvation by Christ, sheweth men the certain hopes of so inestimable a treasure in the life to come, as maketh the saithful choose it for their best, and part with all the pleasure, profit, and honour of the world to obtain it.
45. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant man seeking goodly pearls: 46. Who when he had found one of great price, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.
45. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant man seeking goodly pearls: 46. Who when he had found one of geat price, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.
45, 46. Note, He that findeth not by faith, enough in the love of God and heavenly glory, and in Christ the way thereto, to make him consent sincerely and practically to sell or part with all the world rather than lose it, is not capable of a just title to it, nor shall obtain it.