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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.
How high do they look? how big do they speak? how stately and loftily do they demean themselves? And shall not the heavenly loftiness and height of my spirit, discover my title to this promised land? shall I be the adopted Son of God, and coheir with Christ of that blessed inheritance, and daily look when I am put into possession? and shall not this be seen in my joyful countenance? What if God had made me commander of the earth? What if the mountains would remove at my command? What if I could heal all diseases with a word or a touch? What if the infernal spirits were all at my command? Should I not rejoice in such privileges and honours as these? yet is it my Saviours command, not to rejoice that the devils are subject to us: but in this to rejoice, that our names are written in heaven.
How high do they look? how big do they speak? how stately and loftily do they demean themselves? And shall not the heavenly loftiness and height of my spirit, discover my title to this promised land? shall I be the adopted Son of God, and coheir with Christ of that blessed inheritance, and daily look when I am put into possession? and shall not this be seen in my joyful countenance? What if God had made me commander of the earth? What if the mountains would remove at my command? What if I could heal all diseases with a word or a touch? What if the infernal spirits were all at my command? Should I not rejoyce in such priviledges and honors as these? yet is it my Saviours command, not to rejoyce that the divels are subject to us: but in this to rejoyce, that our names are written in heaven.
I cannot here enjoy my parents, or my near and beloved friends without some delight: especially when I did too freely let out my affections to my friend, how sweet was that very exercise of my love! O what will it then be to live in the perpetual love of God! For brethren here to live together in Unity, how good and pleasant a thing is it? To see a family live in love: husband, wife, parents, children, servants, doing all in love to one another; To see a Town live together in love, without any envyings, brawlings, heart-burnings or contentions,1