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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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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.
5. I shall assist you in the application of it to your selves, that it may reach the end to which I do intend it.
I. In what respect is the Needful thing but One?
Which will be the easier understood, when you know what the One thing Needful is: And it is, most directly, that which is our End, To be saved, and to Please the Lord, or to Glorify God and enjoy him in Glory for ever: Which comprehendeth or implieth the necessary means.
Which will be the easier understood, when you know what the One thing Needful is: And it is, most directly, that which is our End, To be saved, and to Please the Lord, or to Glorifie God and enjoy him in Glory for ever: Which comprehendeth or implyeth the necessary means.
And this blessed state is One, considered 1. Objectively: It is One God that we have to please, and to behold, and love, and praise for ever. 2. It is One formally: that is, It is only the souls fruition of this One God that is our End and Blessedness. And thus the End being principally meant, it is said that One thing is necessary;