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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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and our souls should be joyful in our God: For he hath clothed us with the garments of salvation; he hath covered us with the robes of righteousness, as a Bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a Bride adorneth her self with her Jewels.] Isa. 61. [A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put into you, and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh: and I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgements and do them—and I will save you from all your uncleanness, &c.] Ezek. 36. 25, 26, 27, 29. [And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: And I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them; and I will make an everlasting Covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me: Yea I will rejoice over them to do them good, &c. Jer. 32. 38, 39, 40, 41. [Happy are the people ⟨p. 377⟩that are in such a case: yea happy is that people whose God is the Lord, Psal. 144. 15.
and our souls should be joyful in our God: For he hath cloathed us with the garments of salvation; he hath covered us with the robes of righteousness, as a Bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a Bride adorneth her self with her Jewels.] Isa. 61. [A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put into you, and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh: and I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgements and do them—and I will save you from all your uncleanness, &c.] Ezek. 36. 25, 26, 27, 29. [And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: And I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them; and I will make an everlasting Covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me: Yea I will rejoyce over them to do them good, &c.