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Directions and persuasions to a sound conversion for prevention of that deceit and damnation…Directions and perswasions to a sound conversion for prevention of that deceit and damnation…
Directions and persuasions to a sound conversion for prevention of that deceit and damnation of souls, and of those scandals, heresies, and desperate apostasies that are the consequents of a counterfeit, or superficial change / by Richard Baxter.Directions and perswasions to a sound conversion for prevention of that deceit and damnation of souls, and of those scandals, heresies, and desperate apostasies that are the consequents of a counterfeit, or superficial change / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by A.M. for Nevil Simmons, 1658
Directions to Sinners that are purposed to Turn, and are under the… › Direction 5
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.
12. The last, and greatest of our benefits ⟨p. 262⟩by Christ is, Our Resurrection, and our Justification at the bar of God, and our reception into Glory. This is the end of all, and therefore containeth all. For this Christ died; for this we are Christians; for this we believe, hope, and labour; for this we suffer, and deny our selves, and renounce this world. Our bodies shall then be spiritual and glorious, no more troubled with infirmities, diseases, or necessities. Our Souls shall be both naturally, and graciously perfected; both in their faculties and qualities. We shall be brought nigh to God: We shall be numbered with the Inhabitants of the Heavenly Jerusalem, and be members of that blessed Society, and be companions, and equal with the Angels of God: we shall for ever behold our Glorified Redeemer, and see our own Nature, united to the Godhead; and we shall have the greatest, and nearest intuition and fruition of God, the fullest Love to him, and the sweetest Rest, content, and delight in him, that our created Natures are capable of: We shall everlastingly be employed in this Love, and delight, and in his Praises with all the Heavenly Host: And the Glory of ⟨p. 263⟩God will shine forth in our Glory, and the abundance of his Goodness will be communicated to us; and he will be well pleased with us, with our praises, with all that blessed Society, and with our Head: And this will endure to all Eternity.
12. The last, and greatest of our benefits ⟨p. 262⟩by Christ is, Our Resurrection, and our Justification at the barre of God, and our reception into Glory. This is the end of all, and therefore containeth all. For this Christ died; for this we are Christians; for this we believe, hope, and labour; for this we suffer, and deny our selves, and renounce this world. Our bodies shall then be spiritual and glorious, no more troubled with infirmities, diseases, or necessities. Our Souls shall be both naturally, and graciously perfected; both in their faculties and qualities. We shall be brought nigh to God: We shall be numbered with the Inhabitants of the Heavenly Jerusalem, and be members of that blessed Society, and be companions, and equal with the Angels of God: we shall for ever behold our Glorified Redeemer, and see our own Nature, united to the Godhead; and we shall have the greatest, and neerest intuition and fruition of God, thefullest Love to him, and the swetest Rest, content, and delight in him, that our created Natures are capable of: We shall everlastingly be imployed in this Love, and delight, and in his Praises with all the Heavenly Host: And the Glory of