A26935:69
Gods goodness vindicated for the help of such (especially in melancholy) as are tempted…
Gods goodness vindicated for the help of such (especially in melancholy) as are tempted to deny it, and think him cruel, because of the present and future misery of mankind, with respect to the doctrine of reprobation and damnation / by Richard Baxter ... ; published and prefaced by a friend at whose desire it was written, and to whom it was committed.
London: printed for N. Simmons, 1671
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.
In the Conclusion, I take it to be wholesome advise to those that are under this Temptation:
In the Conclusion, I take it to be wholsome advise to those that are under this Temptation:
1. That they will oft read over the Psalms of Praise; and think when they read them, whether ⟨p. 92⟩David and the ancient Church, were not like to know what they said, than a self-conceited, or a melancholy tempted sinner?
2. That they would consider who it is that is the Grand enemy of the Glory of Gods Goodness; And they shall soon find that it is no other than the Devil: None but he that is most evil, can most envy Infinite Goodness his honour: And is the Devil fit to be believed against God? And that after the ⟨p. 93⟩warning of our first Parents ruin, which befell them for believing Satan when he slandered, both Gods Wisdom, Truth and Goodness to them?
2. That they would consider who it is that is the Grand enemy of the Glory of Gods Goodness; And they shall soon find that it is no other than the Devil: None but he that is most evil, can most envy Infinite Goodness his honour: And is the Devil fit to be believed against God? And that after the