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

§ 2. The Socinians who would interpret this of the state of Resurrection only, against plain evidence violate the Text: Seeing Paul expressly speaketh of his Gain by Death, which will be his abode with Christ, and this upon his departure hence: which in 2 Cor. 5. 7, 8. he calleth, his being absent from the Body, and present with Lord: And Christ to the penitent Thief calleth his being with him in Paradise: And Luke 16. in the Parable of the Steward, Christ intimateth to us, that wise preparers when they go hence are received into the Everlasting habitations; as he there further tells us Lazarus was in Abraham's bosom.

§ 2. The Socinians who would interpret this of the state of Resurrection only, against plain evidence violate the Text: Seeing Paul expresly speaketh of his Gain by Death, which will be his abode with Christ, and this upon his departure hence: which in 2 Cor. 5. 7, 8. he calleth, his being absent from the Body, and present with Lord: And Christ to the penitent Thief calleth his being with him in Paradise: And Luke 16. in the Parable of the Steward, Christ intimateth to us, that wise preparers when they go hence are received into the Everlasting habitations; as he there further tells us Lazarus was in Abrahams bosom.

§ 3. Goodness is primaria & mensurans vel secundaria & mensurata: The first is God's perfect Essence and Will. The second is either properly and simply Good, or Analogical. The former is the Creatures conformity to the Will of God, or its Pleasingness to his will: The later is, 1. The Greater, which is the welfare or perfection of the Universe. 2. The Lesser, which is the Perfection of the several parts of the Universe, either 1. In the nobler respect, as they are Parts contributing to the Perfection of the whole; or 2. In the lower respect, as they are Perfect or Happy in themselves; or 3. In the lowest respect of all, as they are