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The English nonconformity as under King Charles II and King James II truly stated…
The English nonconformity as under King Charles II and King James II truly stated and argued by Richard Baxter ; who earnestly beseecheth rulers and clergy not to divide and destroy the land and cast their own souls on the dreadful guilt and punishment of national perjury ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1689
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
L. But what danger is it to judge too charitably?
M. It hath all these dangers. 1. The guilt of speaking falsely to God. 2. The contradicting of God's Word, which saith, that no Whoremonger, Drunkard, Railer, Murderer, shall enter into the Kingdom of God, and that the impenitent shall perish. 3. The hardening of ungodly men against all fear of God, when they hear that the same men, that in the Pulpit threaten damnation to them, recant it all in their Application at the Grave, and pronounce them saved. How could they more dangerously deceive men, who take that in deeper usually that is said at the Grave, than in the Pulpit.
M. It hath all these dangers. 1. The guilt of speaking falsely to God. 2. The contradicting of God's Word, which saith, that no Whoremonger, Drunkard, Railer, Murtherer, shall enter into the Kingdom of God, and that the impenitent shall perish. 3. The hardening of ungodly men against all fear of God, when they hear that the same men, that in the Pulpit threaten damnation to them, recant it all in their Application at the Grave, and pronounce them saved. How could they more dangerously deceive men, who take that in deeper usually that is said at the Grave, than in the Pulpit.
L. But some say none of those words signify the persons Salvation, but his removal hence.
L. But some say none of those words signifie the persons Salvation, but his removal hence.