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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 7 › Section 4
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. To the Spirit belong these particulars: 1. He hath indited those Scriptures which contain the promise of our Pardon and Salvation. 2. He giveth us the habit or power of Believing. 3. He helpeth us also to Believe Actually, That the Word is true, and to receive Christ and the privileges offered in the promise. 4. He worketh in us those Graces, and exciteth those Gracious Acts within us, which are the *Evidences or Marks of our interest, pardon and Life: He helpeth us to perform those Acts which God hath made to be the Condition of Pardon and Glory. 5. He helpeth us to feel and discover these Acts in our selves. 6. He helpeth us to compare them with the Rule▪ and finding out their qualifications to Judg of their Sincerity and Acceptation with God. 7. He helpeth our Reason to Conclude rightly of our State from our Acts. ⟨p. 391⟩8. He enliveneth and heighteneth our Apprehension in these particulars, that our Assurance may accordingly be strong and lively. 9. He exciteth our Joy, and filleth with comfort (when he pleaseth) upon this Assurance. None of all these could we perform well of our selves.
1. To the Spirit belong these particulars: 1. He hath indited those Scriptures which contain the promise of our Pardon and Salvation. 2. He giveth us the habit or power of Believing. 3. He helpeth us also to Believe Actually, That the Word is true, and to receive Christ and the priviledges offered in the promise. 4. He worketh in us those Graces, and exciteth those Gracious Acts within us, which are the *Evidences or Marks of our interest, pardon and Life: He helpeth us to perform those Acts which God hath made to be the Condition of Pardon and Glory. 5. He helpeth us to feel and discover these Acts in our selves. 6. He helpeth us to compare them with the Rule▪ and finding out their qualifications to Judg of their Sincerity and Acceptation with God. 7. He helpeth our Reason to Conclude rightly of our State from our