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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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2. The knowledge of things to Come is specially desired, and Godliness containeth that Faith which knoweth things to come. How glad would men be to be told what shall befall them to the last hour of their lives? The woman of Samaria Joh. 4. called out her neighbours with admiration to see Christ, as one that had told her all that she had done: But if he had told her all that ever she would do, for the time to come, and all that ever should befall her, it might have astonished her much more. Believers know what hath been even before the world was made, and how it was made, and what hath been since then, and they know what will be to all eternity. A true Believer knows from Scripture, ⟨p. 273⟩whither mens Souls go after death, and how their Bodies shall be raised again, and how Christ will come to Judge the world, and who shall then be justified, and who shall be condemned: and what shall be the case of the godly and the ungodly to all eternity. And is it not more pleasant to know these things, then to possess all the vain delights of the earth? Can the flesh afford you any thing so delightful?
2. The knowledge of things to Come is specially desired, and Godliness containeth that Faith which knoweth things to come. How glad would men be to be told what shall besall them to the last hour of their lives? The woman of Samaria Joh. 4. called out her neighbours with admiration to see Christ, as one that had told her all that shee had done: But if he had told her all that ever she would do, for the time to come, and all that ever should befall her, it might have astonished her much more. Believers know what hath been even before the world was made, and how it was made, and what hath been since then, and they know what will be to all eternity. A true Believer knows from Scripture, ⟨p. 273⟩whither mens Souls go after death, and how their Bodies shall be raised again, and how Christ will come to Judge the world, and who shall then be justified, and who shall be condemned: and what shall be the case of the godly and the ungodly to all eternity. And is it not more pleasant to know these things, then to possess all the vain delights of the earth? Can the flesh afford you any thing so delightful?