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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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O Sirs, with what eyes, with what hearts do you use to read such passages of Christ that speak so plainly to you, as if he named you, and so piercingly as one would think should make you feel, Luke 12. 19, 20, 21. Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry: But God said to him, Thou fool, this night shall thy soul be required of thee; and then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided? so is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.] Would you have Christ speak plainer to to you: or closelyer apply it, that you may perceive he speaks to you? You have lost all the Labour of your lives; but that's not all.
O Sirs, with what eyes, with what hearts do you use to read such passages of Christ that speak so plainly to you, as if he named you, and so piercingly as one would think should make you feel, Luke 12. 19, 20, 21. Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry: But God said to him, Thou fool, this night shall thy soul be required of thee; and then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided? so is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.] Would you have Christ speak plainer to to you: or closelyer apply it, that you may perceive he speaks to you? You have lost all the Labour of your lives; but thats not all.
3. But furthermore consider, that if the One thing needful have been neglected, whatever else you have been doing, or whatever you have got, (unless as preparatory to this) you have not only lost your labour, but you have all this while been busily undoing your selves, and labouring for your own perdition.
3. But furthermore consider, that if the One thing needfull have been neglected, whatever else you have been doing, or whatever you have got, (unless as preparatory to this) you have not only lost your labour, but you have all this while been busily undoing your selves, and labouring for your own perdition.