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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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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.] Luke 11. 21, 22. The hearts and the Nations that are not conquered by Christ, are the Devils Garrisons and possessions: Do ⟨p. 180⟩you think that it is best that he possess them still in Peace? Or that the Preachers of Christ, that plant his Ordinance against them, and batter them, till they are forced to yield, are therefore busy troublesome fellows? What is it for, but for your deliverance, that are Satan's captives at his will? 2 Tim. 2. 25, 26.
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 priviledge 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.]