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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 9
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The second Excuse. I lived not in any Gross sin, but only in small Infirmities. I was no Murderer, or Adulterer, or Fornicator, or Thief; nor did I deceive or wrong any, or take any thing by violence.
Answ. Was it not a Gross sin, to love the world above God, and to neglect Christ that dyed for thee? and never do him one hours hearty service, but merely to seek thy carnal self, and live to thy flesh? God will open thine eyes then, and show thee a thousand Gross sins, which thou now forgettest ⟨p. 97⟩or makest light of. And it is not only Gross sins, but All sin, great or small that deserveth the wrath of God, and will certainly bring thee under it for ever, if thou have not part in Christ to relieve thee: woe to the man that ever he was born that must answer in his own name for his smallest offences.
Answ. Was it not a Gross sin, to love the world above God, and to neglect Christ that dyed for thee? and never do him one hours hearty service, but meerly to seek thy carnal self, and live to thy flesh? God will open thine eyes then, and shew thee a thousand Gross sins, which thou now forgettest ⟨p. 97⟩or makest light of. And it is not only Gross sins, but All sin, great or small that deserveth the wrath of God, and will certainly bring thee under it for ever, if thou have not part in Christ to relieve thee: wo to the man that ever he was born that must answer in his own name for his smallest offences.
The third Excuse. I did it Ignorantly: I knew not that there was so much required to my salvation. I thought less ado might have served the turn: and that if I looked to my body, God would take care of my soul: and that it was better to trust him what should become of me hereafter, then to trouble my mind so much about it. Had I known better, I would have done better.