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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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3. Moreover, they have a great deal of work to do; and their strength and courage is too small: and the work is such as flesh and blood cannot away with, much less afford them sufficient strength for. Such labourers must have encouraging strengthening food. Their work is such as will keep them under. God doth not keep his servants idle: and therefore they are in the less danger of ••xing Proud and wanton. Isa. 35. 2, 3, 4. [They shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.] And why is this foretold them? [strengthen ye• the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees: say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not; behold your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; he will come and save you] Heb 12. 1•, 13. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, and make strait paths for your feet, lest that which is la•e, be turned out of the way, but let it rather be healed] we are commanded 1 Thes. 5. 14. as to warn them that are unruly, so to comfort the feeble-minded, and support the weak.
3. Moreover, they have a great deal of work to do; and their strength and courage is too small: and the work is such as flesh and blood cannot away with, much less afford them sufficient strength for. Such labourers must have encouraging strengthening food. Their work is such as will keep them under. God doth not keep his servants idle: and therefore they are in the less danger of ••xing Proud and wanton. Isa. 35. 2, 3, 4. [They shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.] And why is this foretold them? [strengthen ye• the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees: say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not; behold your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you] Heb 12. 1•, 13. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, and make strait paths for your feet, lest that which is lae, be turned out of the way, but let it rather be healed] we are commanded