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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 twelfth Excuse. I saw so many faults in those that were accounted Godly, and saw so much Division among them, that I thought they were as bad as others; and among so many opinions, I knew not what Religion to be of.
Answ. 1. A spot is soonest seen in the fairest cloth. And the malicious world useth to make such far worse then they are.
2. But suppose all were true that malice saith of some, you could not say the like by others.
3. Or if you could, yet it was Gods Law, and not mens faults, that was made the Rule for you to live by: Will it excuse you that others are bad?
4. And for their diverse opinions, you should have taken counsel at Gods word, which was right: Did you first search the Scripture impartially, as willing to know the Truth, that you might obey it? and did you pray daily that God would lead you into the Truth? and did you obey as much as you knew? Did you join with the godly so far as they are all agreed? They are all agreed in the Fundamental