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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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Be content a while, unworthy souls! You shall not long be troubled with a Christ, or with the Gospel, or with Preaching, or with Praying, or with the company of these precise people, that you so much dislike. Sleep on but a few nights more, and pass on but a few days further, and you shall come to a place before you look for it, where you shall never have their company more, and where you shall be out of the reach of Preaching, and Praying, and Holiness, and of Hope. And in the mean time, were it not for the sakes of those whom God will convert and save, this troublesome Gospel and Holy people should be taken from you, and given to a people that will be more thankful and more fruitful, because you put it from you and have judged your selves unworthy of everlasting life, Acts 13. 46. Matth. 21. 41. No thanks to you that England is not like the Indians, and as miserable as you would have it.
Be content a while, unworthy souls! You shall not long be troubled with a Christ, or with the Gospel, or with Preaching, or with Praying, or with the company of these precise people, that you so much dislike. Sleep on but a few nights more, and pass on but a few dayes further, and you shall come to a place before you look for it, where you shall never have their company more, and where you shall be out of the reach of Preaching, and Praying, and Holiness, and of Hope. And in the mean time, were it not for the sakes of those whom God will convert and save, this troublesome Gospel and Holy people should be taken from you, and given to a people that will be more thankful and more fruitful, because you put it from you and have judged your selves unworthy of everlasting life, Acts 13. 46. Matth. 21. 41. No thanks to you that England is not like the Indians, and as miserable as you would have it.
11. And why should we believe you when we see that you judge clean contrarily for your bodies, then you do for your souls? I have never heard any of you say, [It was never good world since our land was fruitful, and since so much corn came to the the market; It was a better world when men had nothing but roots to feed on.] And yet would you be believed, when you say that