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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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1. The nature and life of Holiness consisteth in the souls retiring home to God, and adhering to him, and walking as before him. And there is not a more powerful means in the world, to keep Humble the soul, then the Knowledge of God. O when a poor sinner hath but any lively apprehensions of the Greatness, and Glory of the Lord, it amazeth him, and levelleth him with the dust, and abaseth him in his own esteem, and maketh him say with Job 40. 4, 5. [Behold I am vile, what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.] & 4, 5, 6. [I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee; wherefore I abhor my self and repent in dust and ashes] One glimpse of God were enough to humble any soul that truly knoweth him. A Godly man hath still to do with that Majesty that continually aweth him. His […] is with him: His thoughts are on him; his work is with him. […] his word that he readeth, and heareth and discourseth of, and therefore a• his word, with reverence and Godly fear, as knowing ⟨p. 262⟩that our God is a consuming fire, Heb. 12. 28, 29. It is God that he prayeth to, that he meditateth on, and he praiseth, and hath still to do with. And therefore no wonder if he walk humbly with so holy and great a God.
1. The nature and life of Holiness consisteth in the souls retiring home to God, and adhering to him, and walking as before him. And there is not a more powerful means in the world, to keep Humble the soul, then the Knowledge of God. O when a poor sinner hath but any lively apprehensions of the Greatness, and Glory of the Lord, it amazeth him, and levelleth him with the dust, and abaseth him in his own esteem, and maketh him say with Job 40. 4, 5. [Behold I am vile, what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.] & 4, 5, 6. [I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee; wherefore I abhor my self and repent in dust and ashes] One glympse of God were enough to humble any soul that truly knoweth him. A Godly man hath still to do with that Majesty that continually aweth him. His 〈…〉 is with him: His thoughts are on him; his work is with him. his word that he readeth, and heareth and discourseth of, and therefore a his word, with reverence and Godly fear, as knowing