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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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6. John 3. 19, 20. [And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather then light, because their deeds were evil: For every one that doth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved: but he that doth truth cometh to the light, &c.] 1 King. 21. 7, 8: And the King of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man (Micaiah) by whom we may enquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil: And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the King say so.]
6. John 3. 19, 20. [And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather then light, because their deeds were evil: For every one that doth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved: but he that doth truth cometh to the light, &c.] 1 King. 21. 7, 8: And the King of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man (Micaiah) by whom we may enquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesie good concerning me, but evil: And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the King say so.]
From these and such like Texts you see, that [The Godly love the discovering light, and the most searching faithful preacher; but the ungodly cannot endure the light which showeth them their sins, nor love the Preachers that tell them of their sin and misery.]
From these and such like Texts you see, that [The Godly love the discovering light, and the most searching faithful preacher; but the ungodly cannot endure the light which sheweth them their sins, nor love the Preachers that tell them of their sin and misery.]