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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.
Here also when thou findest cause, thou hast a singular advantage from thy Meditations of Heaven, for the acting of the contrary and more mixed passions, As 1. Of thy hatred and detestation of sin, which would deprive thy soul of these immortal Joys. 2. Of thy godly and filial Fear, least thou shouldest either abuse or hazard this mercy. 3. Of thy necessary grief, for such thy foolish abuse and hazard. 4. Of thy godly shame, which should cover thy face for the forementioned folly. 5. Of thy unfeigned repentance, for what thou hast done against thy Joys. 6. Of thy holy anger or indignation against thy self for such miscarriage. 7. Of thy zeal and jealousy over thy heart, least thou shouldst again be drawn to the like iniquity. 8. And of thy pity toward those, who are ignorantly walking in the contrary course, and in apparent danger of losing all this.
HEre also when thou findest cause, thou hast a singular advantage from thy Meditations of Heaven, for the acting of the contrary and more mixed passions, As 1. Of thy hatred and detestation of sin, which would deprive thy soul of these immortal Joyes. 2. Of thy godly and filial Fear, least thou shouldest either abuse or hazard this mercy. 3. Of thy necessary grief, for such thy foolish abuse and hazard. 4. Of thy godly shame, which should cover thy face for the forementioned folly. 5. Of thy unfeigned repentance, for what thou hast done against thy Joyes. 6. Of thy holy anger or indignation against thy self for such miscarriage. 7. Of thy zeal and jealousie over thy heart, least thou shouldst again be drawn to the like iniquity. 8. And of thy pity toward those, who are ignorantly walking in the contrary course, and in apparent danger of losing all this.
But I will confine my self to the former chief affections, and not meddle with these, least I be too prolix, but leave them to thy own spiritual prudence.