A26981:916
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.
20. Note, No doubt but he had broken these commands, especially the last: but he judged by his freedom from the gross acts of sin.
21. Jesus said to him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
21. Jesus said, the state of Christianity, or Qualification for Salvation, is this, Resolvedly and Practically, to prefer Heaven, before all the Prosperity of this World, so as to part with All, for Heaven, when thou art Called to it: Therefore I will now try thee, whether thou canst do this. Go sell all and give to the poor, and follow me, and take the hopes of a Treasure in Heaven, instead of all.
22. But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great Possessions.