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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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§ 10. 2. And surely that state is my Best which my Saviour purchased and promised me as best: As he bought me not with Silver and Gold, so neither to Silver and Gold? Did he live and die to make me Rich or advanced in the World? Surely his Incarnation, Merits, Sacrifice and Intercession had a low design if that were all! And who hath more of these than they that have least of Christ: But he purchased us to an incorruptible Crown; to an Inheritance undefiled, that fadeth not away, reserved in Heaven for us, that are kept by God's Power through Faith unto Salvation, 1 Pet. 1. And is it Heaven that cost so dear a price for me, and is the End of so wonderful a design of Grace, and shall I be unwilling now to receive the gift?
§ 10. 2. And surely that state is my Best which my Saviour purchased and promised me as best: As he bought me not with Silver and Gold, so neither to Silver and Gold? Did he live and die to make me Rich or advanced in the World? Surely his Incarnation, Merits, Sacrifice and Intercession had a low design if that were all! And who hath more of these than they that have least of Christ: But he purchased us to an incorruptible Crown; to an Inheritance undefiled, that fadeth notaway, reserved in Heaven for us, that are kept by God's Power through Faith unto Salvation, 1 Pet. 1. And is it Heaven that cost so dear a price for me, and is the End of so wonderful a design of Grace, and shall I be unwilling now to receive the gift?
§ 11. 3. That sure is Best for me, for which God's Holy Spirit is preparing me: That for which he is given to believers: And that which is the End of all his holy Operations on my Soul. But it is not to Love this World that he is persuading me from Day to Day; but to come off from such Love, and to set my Heart on the things above. Is it to love this life and fleshly interest, this Vanity and Vexation, or rather to love the invisible Perfection, that this blessed Spirit hath done so much to work my Heart? And would I now undo all, or Cross and frustrate all his Operations? Hath Grace been so long preparing me for Glory, and shall I be loath to take possession of it? If I am not willing I am not yet sufficiently prepared?