A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ...…

Name: A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ...…
Author: Richard Baxter

A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ... / by Richard Baxter.

Richard Baxter 1615–1691London: printed by R.W. for Francis Tyton, 1662

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Well sirs, I have gone along with you to all the creatures in this world, that have any fitness to judge in this case: and if all these will not serve, we must go to another world for Judgement, or stay till you come there.

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11. And really do you think if we could speak with Angels or departed Souls, that they would not consent with God and all Believers in their Testimony? O how they would rebuke their madness, that make any doubt of so great, so plain, so sure a truth, as this of the necessity and the excellency of a Holy life. None are so fully resolved of this question as they that have tasted the End of both, and past the righteous judgement of the Lord. They that are feeling the anguish of their Consciences, and the tormenting displeasure of Almighty God, are satisfied by this time: whether the Godly or ungodly were the Wiser men, and whether sanctity or sensuality were the Better course? They that are rejoicing with Christ in Glory, are satin fied perfectly of this question, and are far from repenting of their choice. Luk. 16. Christ tells you enough, in the case of the Rich man and Lazarus, how men judge in the life to come.

11. And really do you think if we could speak with Angels or departed Souls, that they would not consent with God and all Believers in their Testimony? O how they would rebuke their madness, that make any doubt of so great, so plain, so sure a truth, as this of the necessity and the excellency of a Holy life. None are so fully resolved of this question as they that have tasted the End of both, and past the righteous judgement of the Lord. They that are feeling the anguish of their Consciences, and the tormenting displeasure of Almighty God, are satisfied by this time: whether the Godly or ungodly were the Wiser men, and whether sanctity or sensuality were the Better course? They that are rejoycing with Christ in Glory, are sati• fied perfectly of this question, and are far from repenting of their choice. Luk. 16. Christ tells you enough, in the case of the Rich man and Lazarus, how men judge in the life to come.

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A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ...…

CHAP. III. Full proof (in twenty Queries) from Reason it self that there is a Life to come, and Holiness is the way to it; and the Better Part: And that the Gospel is the certain Word of God (in fifteen Queries more) with Answers to the Infidels Objections.

CHAP. III. Full proof (in twentie Queries) from Reason it self that there is a Life to come, and Holiness is the way to it; and the Better Part: And that the Gospel is the certain Word of God (in fifteen Queries more) with Answers to the Infidels Objections.

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CHAP. III. Full proof (in twenty Queries) from Reason it self that there is a Life to come, and Holiness is the way to it; and the Better Part: And that the Gospel is the certain Word of God (in fifteen Queries more) with Answers to the Infidels Objections.

CHAP. III. Full proof (in twentie Queries) from Reason it self that there is a Life to come, and Holiness is the way to it; and the Better Part: And that the Gospel is the certain Word of God (in fifteen Queries more) with Answers to the Infidels Objections.