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Faithful souls shall be with Christ the certainty proved and their Christianity described, and…
Faithful souls shall be with Christ the certainty proved and their Christianity described, and exemplified in the truly Christian life and death of that excellent saint, Henry Ashhurst, Esq ... : briefly and truly published for the conviction of hypocrites and the malignant, the strengthening of believers, and the imitation of all, especially the masters of families in London / by Richard Baxter.Faithful souls shall be with Christ the certainty proved and their Christianity described, and exemplified in the truely Christian life and death of that excellent saint, Henry Ashhurst, Esq ... : briefly and truly published for the conviction of hypocrites and the malignant, the strengthning of believers, and the imitation of all, especially the masters of families in London / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Nevil Simmons, 1681
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This is the service which Christ requireth; and is there any thing in all this, which is not safe, delightful, honourable, profitable and exceeding desirable, to every one that knoweth what it is to hope for happiness, and to live like a Christian or a Man?
This is the service which Christ requireth; and is there any thing in all this, which is not safe, delightful, honorable, profitable and exceeding desirable, to every one that knoweth what it is to hope for happiness, and to live like a Christian or a Man?
II. And what is it that is meant by following Christ? Disciples then were wont to dwell with their Master, that they might be always at hand to do what he bid them.
To follow Christ includeth, 1. The absolute ⟨p. 7⟩taking him for the Guide and Saviour to whom we Trust our Bodies and Souls. 2. The obedient following of his Instruction and Commands. 3. The following of his Example, in all the imitable parts of his Life. 4. The submissive following him through all the sufferings wherewith God trieth us, and by what death he chooseth for us, into the heavenly mansions, whether he is ascended. This is the following of Christ, which the straits of this hour allow me but to name.
To follow Christ includeth, 1. The absolute ⟨p. 7⟩taking him for the Guide and Saviour to whom we Trust our Bodies and Souls. 2. The obedient following of his Instruction and Commands. 3. The following of his Example, in all the imitable parts of his Life. 4. The submissive following him through all the sufferings wherewith God trieth us, and by what death he chuseth for us, into the heavenly mansions, whether he is ascended. This is the following of Christ, which the streights of this hour allow me but to name.