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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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Richard Baxter's Dying Thoughts. › Part 4: IV. The Constitutive Reasons from the state of my will.
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2. And then I am sure that there will be nothing in my will but good! For God willeth no evil.
3 And this will be virtually all obedience! For all sin is voluntary, and all Moral good is primarily in the will.
4. And then there can be no matter of disquiet in me, but all will be in perfect Peace; for all that is like God will be pleasing both to God and me: No troubling crossness will remain.
5. And how easy and sweet then will all my obedience be, when I shall perfectly will it, without any reluctancy or averseness? All will be my very pleasure, that I do.
5. And how easy and sweet then will all my obedience be, when I shall perfectly will it, without any reluctancy or aversness? All will be my very pleasure, that I do.