Richard Baxter's dying thoughts upon Phil. I, 23 written for his own life and…

Thy prayers have been too dull and interrupted: but it is Holiness and Heaven that thou hast most prayed for: Thy labours and endeavours have been too slothful: but it is God and Glory, and the Good of Mankind that thou hast laboured for. Though thy motion were too weak and slow, it hath been Godward; and therefore it was from God. O bless the Lord that hath not only given thee a Word, that beareth the Image of God, and is sealed by uncontrolled Miracles to be the matter of thy Belief, but hath also fulfilled his Promises so oft and notably to thee, in the answer of Prayers, and in great and convincing deliverances of thy self and many others! And hath by wonders oft assisted thy Faith; bless that God of Light and Love, who besides the universal attestations of his Word, long ago given to all the Church, hath given thee the internal Seal, the nearer indwelling attestation, the effects of Power, Light, and Love, imprinted on thy Nature, Mind, and Will, the Witness in thy self that the Word of God is not a humane Dream, or lifeless thing; that by Regeneration hath been here preparing thee for the Light of Glory, as by Generation he prepared thee to see this Light, and converse with men: And wilt thou yet doubt and fear against all this Evidence, Experience, and Foretaste?

Thy prayers have been too dull and interrupted: but it is Holiness and Heaven that thou hast most prayed for: Thy labours and endeavours have been too sloathful: but it is God and Glory, and the Good of Mankind that thou hast laboured for. Though thy motion were too weak and slow, it hath been Godward; and therefore it was from God. O bless the Lord that hath not only given thee a Word, that beareth the Image of God, and is sealed by uncontrolled Miracles to be the matter of thy Belief, but hath also fulfilled his Promises so oft and notably to thee, in the answer of Prayers, and in great and convincing deliverances of thy self and many others! And hath by wonders oft assisted thy Faith; bless that God of Light and Love, who besides the universal attestations of his Word, long ago given to all the Church, hath given thee the internal Seal, the nearer indwelling attestation, the effects of Power, Light, and Love, imprinted on thy Nature, Mind, and Will, the Witness in thy self that the Word of God is not a humane Dream, or lifeless thing; that by Regeneration hath been here preparing thee for the Light of Glory, as by Generation he prepared thee to see this Light, and converse with men: And wilt thou yet doubt and fear against all this Evidence, Experience, and Foretast?