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The mischiefs of self-ignorance and the benefits of self-acquaintance opened in divers sermons at…
The mischiefs of self-ignorance and the benefits of self-acquaintance opened in divers sermons at Dunstan's-West and published in answer to the accusations of some and the desires of others / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R. White for F. Tyton, 1662
THE Mischief of Self-ignorance, AND Benefit of Self-acquaintance. › Part
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and where I am, there shall also my servant be: If any man serve me, him will my Father honour] The Spirit of Christ within you, is the earnest of all this: Be assured of your Faith, and Hope, and Love, and you may be assured to possess the ⟨p. 397⟩Good believed and Hoped for and Loved. The incorruptible seed, which liveth and abideth for ever, of which you are new born (1 Pe•. 1.23.) doth tend to the incorruptible crown (1 Pet. 5.4.) even the Crown of righteousness which the righteous Judge will give to all that love his appearing, 2 Tim. 4.8. And so shall we ever be with the Lord, as the Apostle comfortably speaks, 1 Thes. 4.17. and seasonably annexeth the use of such a cordial, vers. 18. [wherefore comfort one another with these words.]
Whether we are to die by the decay of nature, or by the storm of any violent disease, or by the hand of persecutors or any other instruments of Satan, the difference is small: They are but several ways of landing at the shore of happiness, which we were making towards, through all the duties and difficulties of our lives. May we by any Death be sent to Christ, let them domineer a while that stay behind, and are conquerors and happy in their dream: we shall neither miss nor desire their felicity. May I die assured of the Love of God, how little regardable is it whether I be poor or rich till then? or in what manner Death shall do its execution? and how little cause have ⟨p. 398⟩blessed souls, to envy them that are left on earth, in a quiet and prosperous passage to damnation?
Whether we are to die by the decay of nature, or by the storm of any violent disease, or by the hand of persecutros or any other instruments of Satan, the difference is small: They are but several ways of landing at the shore of happiness, which we were making towards, through all the duties and difficulties of our lives. May we by any Death be sent to Christ, let them dominer a while that stay behind, and are conquerors and happy in their dream: we shall neither miss nor desire their felicity. May I die assured of the Love of God, how little regardable is it whether I be poor or rich till then? or in what manner Death shall do its execution? and how little cause have