A26981:684
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.
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.
26. Note, Nature maketh man afraid of apparitions of Spirits, because unknown and unusual.
27. But straightway Jesus spake to them, saying, Be of good cheer: it is I, be not afraid.
27. Note, Christs true Disciples should be so far from being afraid of him, as hurtful to them, that they should make him their comfort and courage against the fears of men and devils.