A26981:682
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.
22, 23. Note, Christ used to pray alone, because his case so differed from all mens in the world, (having no sin, &c.) that the same prayers would not suit the case of others which were fit for him.
24. And when the evening was come, he was there alone: But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves, for ⟨image 23⟩the wind was contrary. 25. And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out unto them walking on the sea.
24, 25. Note, 1. Christ permits dangers to us, that he may the more notably deliver us. 2. The waters can bear him, when he will walk on them. All elements are at his service.
26. And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, it is a spirit, and they cried out for fear.