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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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2. And could you think with any Reason, that your souls being so much more precious then your bodies, you should yet do so much more for your bodies then your souls? Could you think all the labour of your lives little enough for a frail body, that must he shortly in the dirt; and that your Immortal souls should be no more regarded? Could you think with any Reason, that you should do so much for a life of a few years continuance and do no more for a life that shall have no end?
3. And whereas you talk of trusting God with your souls, you did not trust him: You did but on that pretence, carelessly disregard them. If you trust God, show any word of Promise that ever he gave you to trust upon, that ever an Impenitent, Carnal, Careless person shall be saved? ⟨p. 101⟩No: he hath told you enough to the contrary And could you think that it was the will of God, that you should mind your bodies more then your souls, and this life more then that to come? Why, he hath bid you strive, and run, and fight, and labour, and care, and seek, and use violence, and all diligence for the safety of your souls, and for the life to come: But where hath he bid you do so for your bodies? No, he knew that you were prone to do too much for them; and therefore he hath bid you, [Care not, and Labour not] that is, Do it as if you did it not: and let your Care and Labour for earthly things be none in comparison of that for heavenly things. You know God can as well maintain your lives without your care and labour, as save your souls without it: And yet you see he will not, he doth ⟨p. 102⟩not: You must plough, and sow, and reap, and thresh, for all Gods Love and Care of you, and not say, I will let all alone and trust God. And must you not much more use diligence in much greater things? If you will •rust God, you must trust him in his own way, and in the use of his own means.