A26951:144
The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb.…
The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb. 11, 1, formerly preached before His Majesty, and published by his command, with another added for the fuller application : the second is instructions for confirming believers in the Christian faith : the third is directions how to live by faith, or how to exercise it upon all occasions / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1670
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4. Hence followeth another difference: The mutable creature doth impart a disgraceful mutability to the soul that chooseth it. It disappointeth and deceiveth: And therefore the ungodly are of one mind to day, and another to morrow! In health they are all for pleasure, and commodity, and honour: and at death they cry out on it as deceitful Vanity: In health they cannot abide this strictness, this meditating, and seeking, and preparing for the life to come; but at death or judgement, they will all be of another mind! Then O that they had been so wise as to know their time: and O that they h•d lived as holily as the best! They are now the bold opposers and reproachers of an holy life: But then they would be glad it had been their own: They would eat their words, and will be down in the mouth, and stand to never a word they say, when sight, and sense, and judgement, shall convince them.
4. Hence followeth another difference: The mutable creature doth impart a disgraceful mutability to the soul that chuseth it. It disappointeth and deceiveth: And therefore the ungodly are of one mind to day, and another to morrow! In health they are all for pleasure, and commodity, and honour: and at death they cry out on it as deceitful Vanity: In health they cannot abide this strictness, this meditating, and seeking, and preparing for the life to come; but at death or judgement, they will all be of another mind! Then O that they had been so wise as to know their time: and O that they h•d lived as holily as the best! They are now the bold opposers and reproachers of an holy life: But then they would be glad it had been their own: They would eat their words, and will be down in the mouth, and stand to never a word they say, when sight, and sense, and judgement, shall convince them.
But things unchangeable do fix the soul. P•e•y is no matter for Repentance. Doth the Believer speak against sin and sinners: and for an holy, sober, righteous life? He will do so to the last: Death and Judgement shall not change his mind in this, but much confirm it. And therefore he perseveres through sufferings, to death,