Matthew 17:21 However, this kind goes not out but by prayer and fasting. of sin: — If we have not first wrought our minds to a settled dislike and a bitter disgust of sin as our mortal enemy, all our attempts against it will be faint and heartless, our mortifications treacherous, and our lastings frustraneous; much like David's sending an army against Absalom with a design to save him, and to deal with him gently. It will be only an alarm to sin to put itself into a posture of defence, to retreat further into the soul, and. there to rally together its strengths, and to secure itself by a firmer possession. (R. South, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.WEB: But this kind doesn't go out except by prayer and fasting." |
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