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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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V. v. 2. [By whom we have access by Faith unto this Grace wherein we stand;] That is, into this state of blessed Christianity, Peace with God, and the following Blessings. As it is by Marriage that a Woman hath right to her Husbands Estate and Honours; and by Inheritance that a Child comes to his Father's maintenance and Land: This is no diminution to God's Love. To say, It is all by Christ is not to take it as ever the less from God the Father; it is more to give us Christ and Life in him, than to have given us life without a Christ. Joh. 3. 16. 1 Joh. 5. 10, 11, 12. As God is never the less the Giver of light to the Earth, forgiving it them by the Sun. Second causes diminish not the Honour of the first.
VI. [And rejoice in hope of the Glory of God.] Here is, 1. The beatifical Object: The Glory of God. 2. The beatifical Act, [Rejoice,] 3. The mediate causing Act, [Hope:] all presupposing Faith and Justification.
2. The Glory of God, is that glorious appearance of God to Man (and Angels) which maketh happy. 1. The mind by beholding it. 2. The will by loving it, and receiving the communications of Love. 3. The executive powers by joyful praise, &c.