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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 II. › Chapter 2 › Section 1
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. I desire them to consider, whether any thing yet published, be near complete, or such as the weight of the subject requires? Whether much more may not be said, and is anecessary to be said, then is yet said by any that hath writ on this subject?
1. I desire them to consider, whether any thing yet published, be neer compleat, or such as the weight of the subject requires? Whether much more may not be said, and is anecessary to be said, then is yet said by any that hath writ on this subject?
- aI mean not an absolute necessity, as if what is said were not convincing
2. Whether if Christians who have opportunity, do their duty, would it not be a singular part of their work to endeavour the bconversion of Pagans and Infidels? And (as I said before) without some Arguments to demonstrate to them the verity of Scripture; how are we furnished for such a work? Or what have we to say but naked affirmation? Yea how can we maintain the credit of Christianity, if we were put to dispute the case with an unbeliever?
- bI believe Mr. Eliot in New England will have more comfort in his work for those Indians, then we in England in our controversies, and contentions about inferior things.I believe Mr. Eliot in New England will have more comfort in his work for those Indians, then we in England in our controversies, and contentions about inferiour things.