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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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6. Christ though he were the Lord of all the World, did condescend to a humbled low condition, and chose not a Princes Court for converse, but the poor and men of low degree. And he hath commanded us to learn of him to be meek and lowly, Matth. 11. 29. and to be the servants of all as that which is above worldly greatness, Mar. 9. 35. & 10. 44. And he blesseth the meek, and the poor in Spirit, Matth. 5. Do we follow him in this? And condescend to Men of low estate, Rom. 12. 16. remembering that not many great and noble are called, ⟨p. 12⟩1 Cor 1. 26. and that God hath chosen the poor of the World, that are rich in Faith, to be heirs of his Kingdom, Jam. 2. 5. 1 Cor. 1. 27, 28. or do you not as those reproved, Jam. 4. show a worldly carnal mind, by too much valuing the high and rich, and too much vilifying the poor? Our flesh and health is nearer us far than our cloths and riches! And yet how far is flesh and strength from making a bad Man more valuable and amiable than a weak and sickly Saint?
6. Christ though he were the Lord of all the World, did condescend to a humbled low condition, and chose not a Princes Court for converse, but the poor and men of low degree. And he hath commanded us to learn of him to be meek and lowly, Matth. 11. 29. and to be the servants of all as that which is above worldly greatness, Mar. 9. 35. & 10. 44. And he blesseth the meek, and the poor in Spirit,