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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.
Use. Why then do so little fear Exaltation. How greedily do some Religious People desire it? How impatient of any thing that crosseth it and humbleth them: How little do they lament it and confess it. Is Pride so rare or so small a sin? even among Preachers and zealous men.
Vse. Why then do so little fear Exaltation. How greedily do some Religious People desire it? How impatient of any thing that crosseth it and humbleth them: How little do they lament it and confess it. Is Pride so rare or so small a sin? even among Preachers and zealous men.
And why do we so much fear every Thorn in the Flesh: Every Sickness, Pain, or Cross, as if Pride could be prevented or killed at too dear a rate? And why do we quarrel with God for our sufferings as if our Disease were not so bad as his Remedy. Who ever heard you in health cry out of your Pride, as in Sickness you do of your Pain. It's a happy Thorn which lets out this corrupt and pestilent blood.
And why do we so much fear every Thorn in the Flesh: Every Sickness, Pain, or Cross, as if Pride could be prevented or killed at too dear a rate? And why do we quarrel with God for our sufferings as if our Disease were not so bad as his Remedy. Who ever heard you in health cry out of your Pride, as in Sickness you do of your Pain. It's a happy Thorn which lets out this corrupt aud pestilent blood.
But what was this Thorn in the Flesh of Paul.