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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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In the days of Noah, no question but that Preacher of Righteousness seemed to the world a singular and a self-conceited fellow: But did not God decide the controversy whether it were Noah, or they, that were the troublers of the world? Saith Peter 2 Pet. 2, 5. [God spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a Preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly.]
In the daies of Noah, no question but that Preacher of Righteousness seemed to the world a singular and a self-conceited fellow: But did not God decide the controversie whether it were Noah, or they, that were the troublers of the world? Saith Peter 2 Pet. 2, 5. [God spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a Preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly.]
When Israel •ell before the men of Ai, it was a doubt who it was that was the cause of that calamity; but God proved it to be Achan, who is stoned upon this sentence of Joshua, Josh. 7. 25. [Why hast thou troubled us? the Lord shall trouble thee this day.
2. And consider I pray you, What a Quietness it is that you have, before you are troubled by the Godly? It is a Quietness in the high way to Hell: You had the privilege of damning your souls without disturbance from these precise controllers. Hath not Christ told us, that the Devil is thus like a strong man armed, that while he keepeth his Palace, his goods are in Peace: but when a stronger then he shall come upon him and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth the spoils.]