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The Saints' Everlasting Rest
The saints everlasting rest, or, A treatise of the blessed state of the saints in their enjoyment of God in glory wherein is showed its excellency and certainty, the misery of those that lose it, the way to attain it, and assurance of it, and how to live in the continual delightful forecasts of it and now published by Richard Baxter ...The saints everlasting rest, or, A treatise of the blessed state of the saints in their enjoyment of God in glory wherein is shewed its excellency and certainty, the misery of those that lose it, the way to attain it, and assurance of it, and how to live in the continual delightful forecasts of it and now published by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed by Rob. White for Thomas Underhil and Francis Tyton, 1650
THE SAINTS Everlasting REST. PART. III. › Chapter 6 › Section 26
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7 Quest. What manner of men should they be, who are yet at such great uncertainties, whether we are Sanctified or Justified, or whether we are the Children of God or no, or what shall Everlastingly become of their Souls? as most of the godly, that I meet with, are? They that have discovered the excellency of the Kingdom, and yet have not discovered their interest in it, but discern a danger of perishing and losing all, and have need of that advice, Heb. 4.1. And have so many doubts to wrestle with daily as we have; How should such men bestir themselves in time?
7 Quest. What manner of men should they be, who are yet at such great uncertainties, whether we are Sanctified or Justified, or whether we are the Children of God or no, or what shall Everlastingly become of their Souls? as most of the godly, that I meet with, are? They that have discovered the excellency of the Kingdom, and yet have not discovered their interest in it, but discern a danger of perishing and losing all, and have need of that advice, Heb. 4.1. And have so many doubts to wrestle with dayly as we have; How should such men bestir themselves in time?
8 Quest. What manner of persons should they be in Holiness, who have so much of the great work yet undone as we have? So many sins in so great strength? Graces weak? Sanctification imperfect? Corruption still working our ruin, and taking advantage of all our omissions? When we are as a Boat-man on the water; let him row never so hard a month together, yet if he do but slack his hand, and think to ease himself, his boat goes faster down the stream then before it went up: So do our Souls, when we think to ease our selves by abating our pains in Duty. Our time is short: Our enemies mighty: Our hinderances many: God seems yet at a great distance from many of us: Our thoughts of him are dull, and strange, and unbelieving: Our acquaintance and communion with Christ is small: and our desires to be with him are as small. And should men in our case stand still?