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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 11
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SECT. XI.
110. Should not our Affections and Endeavours be answerable to the acknowledged Principles of our Christian Profession? Sure if we are Christians indeed, and mean as we speak when we profess the Faith of Christ, we shall show it in Affections and Actions as well as Expressions. Why the very fundamental Doctrines of our Religion are, That God is the chief Good, and all our Happiness consists in his Love, and therefore it should be valued and sought above all things: That he is our only Lord, and therefore chiefly to be served: That we must Love him with all our heart, and soul, and strength: That the very business that men have in the world, and the only errand that God sent them about, is to Glorify God, and to obtain Salvation, &c. And do mens duties and conversations second this profession? Are these Doctrines seen in the painfulness of mens practise? Or rather do not their works deny what their words do confess? One would think by mens Actions, that they did not believe a word of the Gospel to be true. Oh sad ⟨p. 357⟩day when mens own tongues and professions shall be brought in against them, and condemn them!
110. SHould not our Affections and Endeavors be answerable to the acknowledged Principles of our Christian Profession? Sure if we are Christians indeed, and mean as we speak when we profess the Faith of Christ, we shall shew it in Affections and Actions as well as Expressions. Why the very fundamental Doctrines of our Religion are, That God is the chief Good, and all our Happiness consists in his Love, and therefore it should be valued and sought above all things: That he is our only Lord, and therefore chiefly to be served: That we must Love him with all our heart, and soul, and strength: That the very business that men have in the world, and the only errand that God sent them about, is to Glorifie God, and to obtain Salvation, &c. And do mens duties and conversations second this profession? Are these Doctrines seen in the painfulness of mens practise? Or rather do not their works deny what their words do confess? One would think by mens Actions, that they did not believe a word of the Gospel to be true. Oh sad