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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
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.
If the stars of heaven must lead men from Remote parts of the world to come to worship a child in a manger, how will the Glory of his next appearing constrain all the world to acknowledge his Sovereignty? If the King of Israel riding on an Ass,1 be entertained into Jerusalem with Hosanna's, Blessed be the King that comes in the Name of the Lord; Peace in Heaven, and Glory in the Highest. Oh with what Proclamations of blessings, Peace and Glory, will he come toward the New Jerusalem? 2If when he was in the form of a Servant they cry out, What manner of man is this, that both wind and sea obey him? What will they say, when they shall see him Coming in his Glory, and the Heavens and the Earth obey him? Then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in Heaven, and then shall all the Tribes of the Earth mourn, 3and they shall see the Son of man coming in the Clouds of Heaven, with Power and great Glory. Oh Christians, it was comfortable to you to hear from him, to believe in him, and hope for him; What will it be thus to see him? The promise of his coming and our deliverance was comfortable: What will it be to see him, with all the Glorious attendance of his Angels, come in person to deliver us? The mighty God, the Lord hath spoken, and called the Earth from the Rising of the Sun, to the ⟨p. 48⟩going down thereof: Out of Zion the perfection of Beauty, God hath shined. Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: A fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. He shall call to the Heavens from above, and to the Earth, that he may judg his people. Gather my Saints together to me, those that have made a Covenant with me by Sacrifice, and the Heavens shall declare his Righteousness, for God is Judg himself. Sclah. Psal. 50. from vers. 1. to 6. This Coming of Christ is frequently mentioned in the Promises, as the great Support of his peoples spirits till then. And when ever the Apostles would quicken •o duty, or comfort and encourage to patient waiting, they usually do it by mentioning Christs Coming. Why then do we not us more this cordial consideration, when ever we want support and comfort? To think and speak of that Day with Horror, doth well beseem the impenitent Sinner, but ill the believing Saint. Such may be the voice of a Believer, but it's not the voice of Faith.