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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. W•ll you not believe till you see or feel? was not Gods word sufficient Evidence? would you have believed one from the dead that had told you he had seen such things? and would you not believe Stephen that saw them, Act. 7.5•. Or Paul that heard and saw them, 2 Cor. 12.3, 4. Nor Christ that came purposely from heaven to reveal them? why flesh and blood cannot see them. You see not God: will you not therefore Believe that there is a God? Indeed, whatever you imagine, if you would not Believe Moses and the ⟨p. 129⟩Prophets, Christ and his Apostles, neither would you have bel••ved though one had risen from the dead. For •ods word is more credible then a dead mans: and Christ did rise from the dead to attest it. Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet believed. Noah saw no rain when he was preparing the Ark: but because he believed, he made ready and escaped, Heb. 11.7. when the world that would not Believe, did perish But seeing Gods word was of no more weight with you, and no knowledge would serve▪ your turn, but by seeing and feeling; you shall see and feel everlastingly to your sorrow.
Answ. W•ll you not believe till you see or feel? was not Gods word sufficient Evidence? would you have believed one from the dead that had told you he had seen such things? and would you not believe Stephen that saw them, Act. 7.5•. Or Paul that heard and saw them, 2 Cor. 12.3, 4. Nor Christ that came purposely from heaven to reveal them? why flesh and blood cannot see them. You see not God: will you not therefore Believe that there is a God? Indeed, whatever you imagine, if you would not Believe Moses and the