A funeral-sermon for the reverend, holy and excellent divine, Mr. Richard Baxter who deceased…

I shall add further; What clearer Evidence can we have of the worth of the Soul, than from God's Esteem, the Creator of it? Now when God foresaw the Revolture of our first Parent, that brought him under a double Death in one Sentence, temporal and eternal, and that all Mankind was desperately lost in him, then his compassionate Counsels were concerning his Recovery: His Love and Wisdom ⟨p. 43⟩accorded to contrive the Means to accomplish our Redemption, by the Death of his incarnate Son:¹ We are not redeemed with Silver and Gold, but with the precious Blood of Christ, as a Lamb without spot and blemish. Of what value is a Soul in God's account, that he bought with his own Son's Blood, the most sacred Treasure of Heaven? We may say for the Honour of our Redeemer and our own,² that which the Angels cannot, we were so valued by God himself, that his Son became Man, and died on the Cross for the Salvation of our Souls. I shall only mention another Evidence and Effect of God's valuation of our Souls, that is, the eternal Weight of Glory, which exceeds all the Thoughts of our Minds, and Desires of our Hearts. What ⟨p. 44⟩are all the Kingdoms and Pleasures of the World, in comparison of that Blessedness God has prepared for those who love him? Now the Soul that is inestimably precious, and should be most dear to us, is secured from Danger, when received by God's Hands.

I shall add further; What clearer Evidence can we have of the worth of the Soul, than from God's Esteem, the Creator of it? Now when God foresaw the Revolture of our first Parent, that brought him under a double Death in one Sentence, temporal and eternal, and that all Mankind was desperately lost in him, then his compassionate Counsels were concerning his Recovery: His Love and Wisdom ⟨p. 43⟩accorded to contrive the Means to accomplish our Redemption, by the Death of his incarnate Son:¹ We are not redeemed with Silver and Gold, but with the precious Blood of Christ, as a Lamb without spot and blemish. Of what value is a Soul in God's account, that he bought with his own Son's Blood, the most sacred Treasure of Heaven? We may say for the Honour of our Redeemer and our own,