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The grand question resolved, what we must do to be saved instructions for a…
The grand question resolved, what we must do to be saved instructions for a holy life / by the late Reverend Divine, Mr. Richard Baxter ; recommended to the bookseller a few days before his death to be immediately printed for the good of souls.
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1692
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.
MOST Glorious GOD, who art Power, and Wisdom, and Goodness it self, the Creator […] all things; the Owner, the Ruler, and the Benefactor of the World, but especially of thy Church and Chosen Ones: Though by sin original and actual we were thy Enemies, the Slaves of Satan and our Flesh, and under thy displeasure, and the condemnation of thy Law; yet thy Children Redeemed by Jesus Christ thy Son, and Regenerated by thy Holy Spirit, have leave to call thee their reconciled Father: For by thy Covenant of Grace thou hast given them thy Son to be their Head▪ their Teacher, and their Saviour: And in Him thou ha•t pardoned, adopted, and sanctified them; sealing and preparing them by thy Holy Spirit, for thy C•• lestial Kingdom, and beginning in them that holy life, and light, and love, which shall be perfected with thee in Everlasting Glory. O with what wondrous love hast thou loved us, that of Rebels we should be made the Sons of God! Thou hast advanced us to this dignity, ⟨p. 41⟩that we might be devoted wholly to Thee as Thine Own, and might delightfully obey Thee, and entirely love Thee with all our Heart; and so might glorify Thee here and for ever.
MOST Glorious GOD, who art Power, and Wisdom, and Goodness it self, the Creator 〈…〉 all things; the Owner, the Ruler, and the Benefactor of the World, but especially of thy Church and Chosen Ones: Though by sin original and actual we were thy Enemies, the Slaves of Satan and our Flesh, and under thy displeasure, and the condemnation of thy Law; yet thy Children Redeemed by Jesus Christ thy Son, and Regenerated by thy Holy Spirit, have leave to call thee their reconciled Father: For by thy Covenant of Grace thou hast given them thy Son to be their Head▪ their Teacher, and their Saviour: And in Him thou ha•t pardoned, adopted, and sanctified them; sealing and preparing them by thy Holy Spirit, for thy C•• lestial Kingdom, and beginning in them that holy life, and light, and love, which shall be perfected with thee in Everlasting Glory. O with what wondrous love hast thou loved us, that of Rebels we should be made the Sons of God! Thou hast advanced us to this dignity,