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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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And you knew that the matters of this world were not only uncertain, but certainly vain and transitory, and would shortly come to nothing and leave you in distress. If it had then been uncertain whether there were a Glory and misery hereafter▪ (as it was not) should not Reason have taught you to prefer the least ⟨p. 113⟩probabilities of an everlasting unspeakable happiness, before that which is certainly perishing and vain? These vain Excuses will but condemn you.
The eighth Excuse. I was so enticed and persuaded by sinners to do as they did, that I could not deny them. They would never let me rest.
The eighth Excuse. I was so enticed and perswaded by sinners to do as they did, that I could not deny them. They would never let me rest.
Answ. 1. And were you not as earnestly persuaded by God to forsake sin and serve him, and yet that would not prevail with you? You could not deny the Devil and fools, but you could deny God and all his Messengers. Were not Ministers as earnest with you every week to repent and amend? What did men entice you with? with a little deluding fleshly pleasure for a few days? And what did God entice you with? with the Promise of endless unconceivable felicity! And if this were ⟨p. 114⟩a smaller matter in your eyes then the other, then you have had your choice, be content with it, and thank your selves. In your life time you had the good things which you chose, and preferred before heaven, and therefore cannot expect to have heaven besides.