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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. How Pleasant is it to know the nature and frame of the Church of Christ which is his Body, and to know the difference and use of the several members? To understand the office of the Ministry, and why Christ hath set them in the Church, and how much love he hath manifested therein: that they should preach to us, and offer us Reconciliation in his name and stead, 2 Cor. 5. 19. and marry us unto Christ in Baptism, receiving us in his name into the Church and holy Covenant: and that in his name and stead they should deliver us his body and blood, and absolve the penitent sinner from his sins, and deliver him a sealed pardon, and receive the returning humbled soul into the Church of Christ and Communion of the Saints!
7. How Pleasant is it to know the nature and use of all Christs Ordinances: The excellencies of his Holy Word: the use of Baptism, and the refreshing, strengthening use of the Supper of the Lord: the use and benefit of Holy prayer, and praises, and thanksgiving, and Church-order, and all parts of the Communion of the Saints!
8. Yea there is a holy Pleasure in knowing our very sin and folly. When God bringeth a sinner to himself, though his sin be odious to him, yet to know the sin is Pleasant; and therefore he prayeth that God would show him the bottom of his heart, and the most secret or odious of his sins.
8. Yea there is a holy Pleasure in knowing our very sin and folly. When God bringeth a sinner to himself, though his sin be odious to him, yet to know the sin is Pleasant; and therefore he prayeth that God would shew him the bottom of his heart, and the most secret or odious of his sins.