A26981:765
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.
23. He looked at him with displeasure, and said to Peter, I say to thee as I did to the Devil, when he tempted me, Get thee behind me, for thou doest the work of Satan, the adversary, in tempting me for self-preservation, to violate my Fathers command, and my undertaking, and to forsake the work of mans Redemption and Salvation: As thy counsel savoureth not the things that be of God (his will, work, and Glory) but the things that be of men (the love of the body and this present life) so it signifieth what is in thy heart: (take heed lest this carnality prevail.)
23. He lookt at him with displeasure, and said to Peter, I say to thee as I did to the Devil, when he tempted me, Get thee behind me, for thou doest the work of Satan, the adversary, in tempting me for self-preservation, to violate my Fathers command, and my undertaking, and to forsake the work of mans Redemption and Salvation: As thy counsel savoureth not the things that be of God (his will, work, and Glory) but the things that be of men (the love of the body and this present life) so it signifieth what is in thy heart: (take heed lest this carnality prevail.)
Note, 1. All things must displease us that displease God, and are against his interest and the good of man.
2. Even the best men and nearest friends may by temptation and error, be made Satan's instruments to do his work in some particulars of great moment.
2. Even the best men and nearest friends may by temptation and errour, be made Satans instruments to do his work in some particulars of great moment.