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A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ...…
A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Francis Tyton, 1662
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BUT I know there are many things that seem to cross all this that I have spoken, which will be the matter of the Objections of ungodly men, and therefore must have an answer, before we pass any further. And the principal Objection is from the too ⟨p. 324⟩common case of those that fear God, who walk so sadly, and doubt, and complain, and mourn so frequently, and show so little cheerfulness and joy, when many of the ungodly live in mirth, that you will think I speak against experience, when I say that a life of Holiness is so pleasant, and therefore that it is not to be believed. You will say, [Do we not see the contrary in the sadness of their faces, and hear it in their sad lamenting words?]
BUT I know there are many things that seem to cross all this that I have spoken, which will be the matter of the Objections of ungodly men, and therefore must have an answer, before we pass any further. And the principal Objection is from the too ⟨p. 324⟩common case of those that fear God, who walk so sadly, and doubt, and complain, and mourn so frequently, and shew so little chearfulness and joy, when many of the ungodly live in mirth, that you will think I speak against experience, when I say that a life of Holiness is so pleasant, and therefore that it is not to be believed. You will say, [Do we not see the contrary in the sadness of their faces, and hear it in their sad lamenting words?]
To this I must give many particulars in answer, which when you have laid together, you may see, that all this makes nothing against the Pleasantness of the ways of God.
To this I must give many particulars in answer, which when you have laid together, you may see, that all this makes nothing against the Pleasantness of the waies of God.