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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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III. Lastly, I should also have showed you the Pleasure of Holiness by the Effects: But here also to avoid prolixity, I will but name a few.
III. LAstly, I should also have shewed you the Pleasure of Holiness by the Effects: But here also to avoid prolixity, I will but name a few.
1. Holiness is Pleasing to God himself; and therefore it must needs be pleasant to the Saints that have it: For it is their end and chiefest Pleasure to please God. They know that this is the end for which they were Created, Redeemed, and renewed: and therefore that is the most Pleasant life to them, in which they find that God is best Pleased. And therefore they labour, that whether present or absent, they may be accepted of him, 2 Cor. 5. 9. They ⟨p. 313⟩are an holy Priest-hood, to offer up spiritual sacrifice, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ, 1 Pet. 2. 5.
2. Holiness must needs be Pleasant to the soul, because it is the spiritual health of the soul, and the means and certain evidence of its safety. And Health is a constant sensible delight: And to know that our souls have scaped the danger of the wrath of God, and everlasting misery, must needs be a greater Pleasure then any the matters of this world can afford. One serious thought of the salvation, which Holiness is the earnest of, may give that true contentment to the soul, that all the wealth and glory of the world can never give.