A27044:130
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.
Observ. 11. The sufferings of the holiest persons in the flesh, may be the buffetings of a Messenger of Satan.
Observ. 11. The sufferings of the holiest persons in the flesh, may be the buffettings of a Messenger of Satan.
No wonder! He that hath got somewhat of his own in us all, defiling us with sin, if he also may answerably be permitted to afflict us: He possessed many in Christs time, and it was Devils that made them dumb, and deaf, and mad; whom Christ at once delivered from Devils and Diseases. He is called the Accuser and destroyer, and he that had the power of Death. Heb. 2. 14. whom Christ by Death and Resurrection Conquered. Christ calleth his healing the Palsy man, the forgiving of his sin; and James saith, upon Prayer and Anointing, the sick should be healed, and his sins forgiven. And for the Cause of sin, many Christians were sick and weak, and many fallen asleep. I cannot say that Good Angels may not hurt men, and execute Gods Judgments; but Scripture maketh evil ones his ordinary Executioners.
No wonder! He that hath got somewhat of his own in us all, defiling us with sin, if he also may answerably be permitted to afflict us: He possessed many in Christs time, and it was Devils that made them dumb, and deaf, and mad; whom Christ at once delivered from Devils and Diseases. He is called the Accuser and destroyer, and he that had the power of Death. Heb. 2. 14. whom Christ by Death and Resurrection Conquered. Christ calleth his healing the Palsie man, the forgiving of his sin; and James saith, upon Prayer and Anointing, the sick should be healed, and his sins forgiven. And for the Cause of sin, many Christians were sick and weak, and many fallen asleep. I cannot say that Good Angels may not hurt men, and execute Gods Judgments; but Scripture maketh evil ones his ordinary Executioners.