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A sermon of judgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Major and aldermen…A sermon of iudgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Maior and aldermen…
A sermon of judgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Major and aldermen of the city of London, Dec. 17, 1654 and now enlarged / Rich. Baxter.A sermon of iudgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Maior and aldermen of the city of London, Dec. 17, 1654 and now enlarged / Rich. Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1655
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A SERMON Of Judgement, Preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord… › Part 8
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7. The Spirit of Christ can witness against the ungodly, that he oft moved them to Repent and Return, and they rejected his motions: that he spoke to their hearts in secret, and oft set in with the Minister, and often minded them of their case, and persuaded them to God; but they resisted, quenched and grieved the Spirit, Act. 7.51. As the Spirit witnesseth with the Spirits of the righteous that they are the children of God, Rom. 8.16. so doth ⟨p. 70⟩he witness with the conscience of the wicked, that they were children of Rebellion, and therefore are justly children of wrath. This Spirit will not alway strive with men; at last being vexed, it will prove their enemy, and rise up against them, Gen. 6.3. Isa. 63.10. If you will needs Grieve it now, it will Grieve you then. Were it not a Spirit of Grace, and were it not free mercy that it came to offer you, the Repulse would not have been so condemning▪ nor the witness of this Spirit against you so heavy at the last. But it was the Spirit of Jesus, that came with recovering Grace, which you resisted: And though the wages of every sin is death, yet you will find that it will cost you somewhat more to Reject this salvation, than to break the Creators Law of works Kindness, and such Kindness, will not be rejected at easy rates.
7. The Spirit of Christ can witness against the ungodly, that he oft moved them to Repent and Return, and they rejected his motions: that he spoke to their hearts in secret, and oft set in with the Minister, and often minded them of their case, and perswaded them to God; but they resisted, quenched and grieved the Spirit, Act. 7.51. As the Spirit witnesseth with the Spirits of the righteous that they are the children of God, Rom. 8.16. so doth ⟨p. 70⟩