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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. III. › Chapter 6 › Section 4
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SECT. IV.
13. Consider; Our diligence should be somewhat quickened, because of the shortness and uncertainty of the Time allotted us, for the performing of all this work, and the many and great impediments which we meet with. Yet a few days, and we shall be here no more. Time passeth on: Many hundred diseases are ready to assault us: We that now are preaching, and hearing, and talking, and walking, must very shortly be carried on mens backs, and laid in the dust, and there left to the worms in darkness and corruption; we are almost there already: It is but a few days, or months, or years: and what is that when once they are past? We know not whether we shall have another Sermon, or Sabbath, or hour. How then should those men bestir them for their Everlasting Rest, who know they have so short a space for so great a work? Besides, every step in the way hath its difficulties; the gate is straight, and the way narrow: The righteous themselves are scarcely saved; Scandals and discouragements will be still cast before us: And can all these be overcome by slothful Endeavours?
13. COnsider; Our diligence should be somewhat quickned, because of the shortness and uncertainty of the Time allotted us, for the performing of all this work, and the many and great impediments which we meet with. Yet a few days, and we shall be here no more. Time passeth on: Many hundred diseases are ready to assault us: We that now are preaching, and hearing, and talking, and walking, must very shortly be carryed on mens backs, and laid in the dust, and there left to the worms in darkness and corruption; we are almost there already: It is but a few days, or moneths, or years: and what is that when once they are past? We know not whether we shall have another Sermon, or Sabbath, or hour. How then should those men bestir them for their Everlasting Rest, who know they have so short a space for so great a work? Besides, every step in the way hath its difficulties; the gate is straight, and the way narrow: The righteous themselves are scarcely saved; Scandals and discouragements will be still cast before us: And can all these be overcome by slothful Endeavors?