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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From these and such like Texts it is manifest, [That all the Godly do Love the Word of God, as the food of their souls, and the director of their lives.]

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4. Matth. 6. 20, 21, 33. Lay up for your selves a treasure in heaven, &c. For where your treasure is, there will your hearts be also: Seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness.] Matth. 7. 13. Luke 24. [Enter in at the strait gate—strive to enter in— ⟨p. 16⟩for many shall seek and shall not be able.] 2 Pet. 1. 10. Give diligence to make your calling and election sure.] Rom. 12. 11.

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From these and such texts you may discern, that [Godliness consisteth in such diligence for salvation, as to seek it before any earthly thing, and not to think the labour of a holy life too much for it.]

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