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Compassionate counsel to all young men especially I. London apprentices, II. students of divinity,…
Compassionate counsel to all young men especially I. London apprentices, II. students of divinity, physic, and law, III. the sons of magistrates and rich men / by Richard Baxter.Compassionate counsel to all young men especially I. London apprentices, II. students of divinity, physick, and law, III. the sons of magistrates and rich men / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by T.S., 1681
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.
Qu. 6. If God had only commanded you Duty, even a holy, righteous, and sober life, and forbidden you the contrary, and had only bid you seek everlasting happiness, and made you no promise of it, should you not in reason seek it cheerfully in hope? Our folly leadeth us to do much in vain; but God setteth no man on any vain employment: If he do but bid you resist Temptation, mortify Lust, learn his Word, pray to him, and praise him, you may be sure it is not to your loss: A reward you may be sure of, if you knew not ⟨p. 69⟩what it will be. Yea, if he set you upon the hardest work, or to pass the greatest danger, or serve him at the dearest rate, or lose your Estate for him, and life itself, what reason can fear being losers by obeying God? Yea, the dearest service hath the greatest reward: But when he hath moreover ascertained your reward by a Promise, a Covenant, sworn and sealed by his Miracles, by Christs Blood, by his Sacraments, by his Spirit, if yet you will be ungodly because you cannot trust him, you have no excuse.
Qu. 6. If God had only commanded you Duty, even a holy, righteous, and sober life, and forbidden you the contrary, and had only bid you seek everlasting happiness, and made you no promise of it, should you not in reason seek it chearfully in hope? Our folly leadeth us to do much in vain; but God setteth no man on any vain employment: If he do but bid you resist Temptation, mortifie Lust, learn his Word, pray to him, and praise him, you may be sure it is not to your loss: A reward you may be sure of, if you knew not ⟨p. 69⟩what it will be. Yea, if he set you upon the hardest work, or to pass the greatest danger, or serve him at the dearest rate, or lose your Estate for him, and life itself, what reason can fear being losers by obeying God? Yea, the dearest service hath the greatest reward: But when he hath moreover ascertained your reward by a Promise, a Covenant, sworn and sealed by his Miracles, by Christs Blood, by his Sacraments, by his Spirit, if yet you will be ungodly because you cannot trust him, you have no excuse.