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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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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.
Answ. 1. And were you not as earnestly perswaded 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 daies? 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.
The ninth Excuse. I lived among ungodly persons, that derided all that feared God; so that if I had not done as they did, but had made any more ado to be saved, I should have been the very scorn of the place where I lived.