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An expository comment, doctrinal, controversial, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…An expository comment, doctrinal, controversal, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…
An expository comment, doctrinal, controversial, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the second epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians by Anthony Burgess ...An expository comment, doctrinal, controversal, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the second epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians by Anthony Burgesse ...
London: printed by A.M. for Abel Roper, 1661
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON THE First Chapter of… › Sermon 64
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The word thus explained, the sum of his meaning is, That this trouble was so great, that it brought him into such a straight, that in respect of any humane help, there was a necessity of his death, and this fear of death did much afflict and assault the spirit of Paul. Some render the word taederet, so that Paul was even weary of his life, as if he desired to die, his trouble was so great. Some with our Translators, We despaired of life. But Beza doth willingly abstain from that word; therefore that which doth most express the significancy of the word, is such a perplexity and doubting in his mind about his life, that he could not see any ways to escape; he was like Jonah in the Whales belly, out of which there was no visible way to be delivered. So that the word implieth these two things:
The word thus explained, the summe of his meaning is, That this trouble was so great, that it brought him into such a straight, that in respect of any humane help, there was a necessity of his death, and this fear of death did much afflict and assault the spirit of Paul. Some render the word taederet, so that Paul was even weary of his life, as if he desired to die, his trouble was so great. Some with our Translators, We despaired of life. But Beza doth willingly abstain from that word; therefore that which doth most express the significancy of the word, is such a perplexity and doubting in his mind about his life, that he could not see any wayes to escape; he was like Jonah in the Whales belly, out of which there was no visible way to be delivered. So that the word implieth these two things:
1. That Paul was very anxious about his life, and was afraid of death. 2. That flesh and blood did conclude there was no help for him, because outwardly there did not appear any. From whence we may observe this Doctrine,
That Grace, though it be never so lively and active, yet doth not remove the natural fear of death.