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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 10
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Thus we see their Blessedness in the Fountain, end and state of Dignity: As to the Receptive Act on their part, it is expressed by two words; one signifying their first entrance on it, Come: the other their Possession, Inheritance: that is, possess it as given by the Father, and Redeemed by the Son, and hold it in this Tenure for ever.
The true Believer was convinced in this life, that indeed there ⟨p. 178⟩was no true Blessedness, but this enjoyment of God in the Kingdom of heaven. The Lord revealed this to his heart by his Word and Spirit: And therefore he contemned the seeming Happiness on earth, and laid up for himself a Treasure in heaven, and made him friends with the Mammon of unrighteousness, and ventured all his hopes in this Vessel. And now he findeth the wisdom of that choice in a rich return▪ God made him so wise a Merchant as to sell All for this Pearl of greatest price: and therefore now he shall find the gain. As there Is no other true Happiness, but God in glory; so is there nothing more suitable and welcome to the true Believer. O how welcome will the face of that God be, whom he loved, whom he sought, whom he longed and waited for! How welcome will that ⟨p. 179⟩Kingdom be which he lived in Hope of! which he parted with All for! and suffered for▪ in the flesh! How glad will he be to see the Blessed face of his Redeemer, who by his manifold Grace hath brought h•m unto this! I leave the believing soul to think of it, and to make it the daily matter of his Delightful Meditation. What an unconceivable Joy in one moment, this Sentence of Christ will fill his soul with. Undoubtedly it is now quite past our comprehension: though our imperfect forethoughts of it may well make our lives a continual Feast.