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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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But is it not enough to believe that we shall be with Christ, and fare (in our measure) no worse than he? If you are afraid lest Christ be deceived or deceive you, that is a sinful fear indeed: But if you only fear lest you have no part in him, Consent to his Covenant; do but give up your selves in Obedience and Trust, though not in perfection, yet in sincere desire and resolution, and then you have no just cause to fear it.
O Sirs, why do not our Hearts rejoice, when we think that we shall shortly be with Christ? Here we have ill company too oft; implacable enemies, unsuitable and sinful Friends, and worst of all a foolish and perverted Heart, that is in effect our greatest Enemy: But where Christ is, none of this is so: With him we shall have the company of our holy departed Friends; even all of them that we conversed with in the Flesh, whom we lamented and wept over as if they had been lost: We shall with Christ have the company of innumerable Angels, and all the faithful from the days of Adam.
O Sirs, why do not our Hearts rejoyce, when we think that we shall shortly be with Christ? Here we have ill company too oft; implacable enemies, unsuitable and sinful Friends, and worst of all a foolish and perverted Heart, that is in effect our greatest Enemy: But where Christ is, none of this is so: With him we shall have the company of our holy departed Friends; even all of them that we conversed with in the Flesh, whom we lamented and wept over as if they had been lost: We shall with Christ have the company of innumerable Angels, and all the faithful from the days of Adam.
And O how much better will Christs own glorious presence be, than his presence in humbled Flesh was to his followers on Earth? Here Christ was a despised crucified Man; There even his Body is more glorious than the Sun; and the Heaven or ⟨p. 28⟩