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A breviate of the life of Margaret, the daughter of Francis Charlton ... and…
A breviate of the life of Margaret, the daughter of Francis Charlton ... and wife of Richard Baxter ... : there is also published the character of her mother, truly described in her published funeral sermon, reprinted at her daughters request, called, The last work of a believer, his passing-prayer recommending his departing spirit to Christ, to be received by him.
London: printed for B. Simmons, 1681
Chapter 8: Of her Mental Qualifications, and her Infirmities.
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§. 7. She had in her Youth been tempted to doubt of the Life to come, and of the Truth of the Scripture: But she was so fully resolved and settled ⟨p. 69⟩herein, that her confident Assurance of it was the life of all her Life and Practice.
§. 7. She had in her Youth been tempted to doubt of the Life to come, and of the Truth of the Scripture: But she was so fully resolved and setled ⟨p. 69⟩herein, that her confident Assurance of it was the life of all her Life and Practice.
§. 8. After all the doubts of her Sincerity and Salvation, and all the Fears and Sadness thereupon, which cast her into Melancholy, she so far overcame them all, that for near these Nineteen years that I have lived with her, I think I never heard her thrice speak a doubting word of her Salvation, but oft of her hopeful persuasions, that we should live together in Heaven: It being my judgment and constant practice, to make those that I teach, understand, that the Gospel is glad Tidings of great Joy; and that Holiness lies especially in delighting in God, his Word and Works, and in his joyful praise, and hopes of Glory, and longing for, and seeking the Heavenly Jerusalem; and living as fruitfully to the Church and others, as we can do in the world: And that this must be wrought by the most believing apprehensions of God's Goodness, as equal to his Greatness, and of his great Love to Mankind manifested in our Redemption, and by believing the Grace and Riches of Christ, and the Comforting-Office of the Holy Ghost, and studying daily God's Promises and Mercies, and our everlasting Joys. And that Religion consists in doing God's commanding Will, and quietly and joyfully trusting and resting in his promising and disposing Will. And that Fear and Sorrow are but to remove Impediments, and further all this.
§. 8. After all the doubts of her Sincerity and Salvation, and all the Fears and Sadness thereupon, which cast her into Melancholy, she so far overcame them all, that for near these Nineteen years that I have lived with her, I think I never heard her thrice speak a doubting word of her Salvation, but oft of her hopeful perswasions, that we should live together in Heaven: It being my judgment and constant practice, to make those that I teach, understand, that the Gospel is glad Tidings of great Joy; and that Holiness lies especially in delighting in God, his Word and Works, and in his joyful praise, and hopes of Glory, and longing for, and seeking the Heavenly Ierusalem; and living as fruitfully to the Church and others, as we can do in the world: And that this must be wrought by the most believing apprehensions of God's Goodness, as equal to his Greatness, and of his great Love to Mankind manifested in our Redemption, and by believing the Grace and Riches of Christ, and the Comforting-Office of the Holy Ghost, and studying daily God's Promises and Mercies, and our everlasting Joys. And that Religion consists in doing God's commanding Will, and quietly and joyfully trusting and resting in his promising and disposing Will. And that Fear and Sorrow are but to remove Impediments, and further all this.