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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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And that which aggravateth this wonder is, 1. That the Gentile World was drowned in all Idolatry and Unnatural Wickedness, such as Paul describeth, Rom. 1. &. 2. Eph. 2. & 3. 18, &c. 2. And that God should suddenly and freely send them the Message of reconciliation, and be found of them that sought him not, is that wonder, which obligeth us Gentiles who once lived as without God in the World to be thankful to him.
V. The Fifth Article is [Believed on in the World.] The effect of the Gospel on the Souls of men in their Effectual Faith, is one of the Evidences of the Christian Truth.
I told you before that the Fifth Witness of the Spirit on the Souls of all Believers, I reserved to be here mentioned. Here, 1. It is a part of the wonder that Christ should be believed on in the World, even with a common Faith. For, 1. To believe a mean Man to be the Mediator between God and Man, and the Saviour of the World, yea, one that was Crucified as a Malefactor: this must needs be a difficult thing.