A27044:104
A sermon preached at the funeral of that faithful minister of Christ, Mr. John…
A sermon preached at the funeral of that faithful minister of Christ, Mr. John Corbet with his true and exemplary character / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1680
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.
9. It is called his weakness; which is his usual Title for his Sufferings; but you may see Rom. 7. that he calleth Lust by more odious names.
I doubt not but it was some bodily Suffering which was this Thorn, but whether by Persecutors or by a Disease is the chief doubt: Many think that it was by Persecution.
1. Because it was by a Messenger of Satan.
2. Because wicked men are in Scripture likened to Thorns.
I more incline to think it was a fit of some violent pain in the flesh, and most likely the stone (or some such thing) which indeed is a Tormenting Thorn in the flesh. For