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Richard Baxter's dying thoughts upon Phil. I, 23 written for his own life and…
Richard Baxter's dying thoughts upon Phil. I, 23 written for his own life and the latter times of his corporal pains and weakness.
London: printed by Tho. Snowden for B. Simmons, 1683
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6. And specially if our belief itself once shake, or be not well and firmly founded.
7. And our slight thoughts of the Office and Work of the Holy Ghost on Souls, and our necessity of it, and our not begging and waiting for the Spirits special help.
8. And lastly, our unfaithful forgetfulness of manifold experiences and testimonies of his Love, which should still be as fresh before us.
Alas, my Soul, thou feelest thy defect, and knowest the hinderance, but what hope is there of remedy? Will God ever raise so low, so dull, so guilty a Heart, to such a foretaste of Glory, as is this effusion of his Love by the Holy Ghost? The lightsome Days in Spring and Summer when the Sun reviveth the late naked Earth, and clothes it with delectable beauties differs not more from Night and Winter, than a Soul thus revived with the Love of God, doth differ from an unbelieving formal Soul.
Alas, my Soul, thou feelest thy defect, and knowest the hinderance, but what hope is there of remedy? Will God ever raise so low, so dull, so guilty a Heart, to such a foretast of Glory, as is this effusion of his Love by the Holy Ghost? The lightsom Daies in Spring and Summer when the Sun reviveth the late naked Earth, and clothes it with delectable beauties differs not more from Night and Winter, than a Soul thus revived with the Love of God, doth differ from an unbelieving formal Soul.