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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
Dedication: TO MY Dearly beloved friends in the Lord, The Inhabitants of the Town of SHREWSBVRY, Bo…
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.
TO MY Dearly beloved friends in the Lord, The Inhabitants of the Town of SHREWSBURY, Both Magistrates, Ministers, and People, As also Of the Neighbouring Parts. Rich. Baxter Devoteth this Practical Part of this Treatise, As a Testimony of his Love to his Native Soil, And to his many Godly and Faithful Friends there living.
TO MY Dearly beloved friends in the Lord, The Inhabitants of the Town of SHREWSBVRY, Both Magistrates, Ministers, and People, As also Of the Neighbouring Parts. Rich. Baxter Devoteth this Practicall Part of this Treatise, As a Testimony of his Love to his Native Soyl, And to his many Godly and Faithfull Friends there living.
Heartily praying the Lord and Head of the Church, to keep them in Unity, Peace, Humility, Vigilancy, and Steadfastness in the Truth; and to cause them to contribute their utmost endeavours for the setting up of able faithful Teachers, and building up the House of God, which hath so long been neglected, and which hath now so many hands employed to divide and demolish it: And that the Lord ⟨image 318⟩would save them in this hour of Temptation, that they may be approved in this trial, and not be found Light when God shall weigh them. And that he would acquaint them with the daily serious exercise of this most precious, spiritual, soul-exalting work of HEAVENLY MEDITATION, and that when the Lord shall come, he may find them so doing.
HEartily praying the Lord and Head of the Church, to keep them in Unity, Peace, Humility, Vigilancy, and Stedfastness in the Truth; and to cause them to contribute their utmost endeavours for the setting up of able faithfull Teachers, and building up the House of God, which hath so long been neglected, and which hath now so many hands imployed to divide and demolish it: And that the Lord