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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. 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.
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 scapt 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.
3. Holiness removeth fears and troubles, and therefore must needs be a Pleasant state. It removeth the fears of the wrath of God, and of damnation: and the fears of all destructive evils: It tends to heal the wounded soul, and pacific the clamorous conscience, and abate all worldly and groundless sorrows; for which the wicked have no true cure.
4. Holiness is the destruction of sin: and sin is the cause of all calamities: and therefore Holiness must needs be Pleasant.