A26981:920
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. But this seemed so hard a Motion to him, that he would not consent, but went away sorrowful; for he was very rich.
23. Then said Jesus to his Disciples, Verily I say to you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again, I •ay to you, It is easier for a Camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.
23.24. The difficulty of a Rich Man's being a sound Christian and Saved is great, that I may express it by the common Proverb, of a Camels going through a Needles Eye.
25. When his Disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? 26. But Jesus beheld them, and said to them, With men this is impossible, but with God, all things are possible.