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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 24
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7 Quest. What if you had seen the process of the Judgment of the great day? If you had seen the Judgment set, and the Books opened, and the most stand trembling on the left hand of the Judg, and Christ himself accusing them of their rebellions and neglects, and remembering them of all their former slightings of his grace, and at last condemning them to perpetual perdition? If you had seen the godly standing on the right hand, and Jesus Christ acknowledging their faithful obedience, and adjudging them to the possession of the Joy of their Lord? What manner of persons would you have been after such a sight as this? Why this sight thou shalt one day see, as sure as thou livest. And why then should not the fore-knowledge of such a day awake thee to thy duty?
7 Quest. What if you had seen the process of the Judgment of the great day? If you had seen the Judgment set, and the Books opened, and the most stand trembling on the left hand of the Judg, and Christ himself accusing them of their rebellions and neglects, and remembring them of all their former slightings of his grace, and at last condemning them to perpetual perdition? If you had seen the godly standing on the right hand, and Jesus Christ acknowledging their faithful obedience, and adjudging them to the possession of the Joy of their Lord? What manner of persons would you have been after such a sight as this? Why this sight thou shalt one day see, as sure as thou livest. And why then should not the fore-knowledg of such a day awake thee to thy duty?
8 Quest. What if you had once seen Hell open, and all the damned there in their easeless Torments? and had heard them crying out of their slothfulness in the day of their visitation? and wishing that they had but another life to live, and that God would but try them once again? One crying out of his neglect of duty; and another of his loitering and trifling when he should have been labouring for his life? What manner of persons would you have been after such ⟨p. 373⟩a sight as this? What if you had seen Heaven opened, as Stephen did? and all the Saints there triumphing in Glory? and enjoying the End of their labours and sufferings? What a life would you lead after such a sight as this? Why you will see this with your eyes before it be long.