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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
A SERMON Of Judgement, Preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord… › Part 9
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
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 ⟨p. 121⟩Articles of Christianity, and in all things absolutely necessary to a holy Life, and to salvation: that all known sin is to be forsaken, and all known duty to be done. Why did you not so far then agree with them? Alas, the imperfections of the godly, and the false Accusations of the malicious world, will prove but a poor cover for your wilful ungodliness, and Christ will convince you of the vanity of these Excuses.