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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 12
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No sooner is the dreadful Sentence past, Go ye cursed into Everlasting fire, but away they must be gone: There is no delay; much less any Reprieve to be expected: and yet much less is there any hope of an Escape. If the Judge once say, Take him Jailer; and if Christ say, Take him Devils, you that Ruled and Deceived him, now Torment him; all the world cannot rescue one such soul. It will be in vain to look about for help! Alas, there is none but Christ can help you, and he will not, because you refused his help: Nay we may say, He cannot: not for want of Power: but because he is True and Just; and therefore will make good that word which you believed not. It is in vain then to cry to hills to fall on you and the mountains to cover you from the presence of him that sitteth on the Throne. It will be ⟨p. 217⟩in vain now to Repent, and wish you had not slighted your salvation, nor sold it for a little pleasure to your flesh. It will be then in vain to cry Lord, Lord, open to us; O spare us; O pity us; O do not cast us into these hideous flames! Do not turn us among Devils! do not Torment thy Redeemed ones in this fire! All this will be then too late.
No sooner is the dreadful Sentence past, Go ye cursed into Everlasting fire, but away they must be gone: There is no delay; much less any Reprive to be expected: and yet much less is there any hope of an Escape. If the Judge once say, Take him Jaylor; and if Christ say, Take him Devils, you that Ruled and Deceived him, now Torment him; all the world cannot rescue one such soul. It will be in vain to look about for help! Alas, there is none but Christ can help you, and he will not, because you refused his help: Nay we may say, He cannot: not for want of Power: but because he is True and Just; and therefore will make good that word which you believed not. It is in vain then to cry to hills to fall on you and the mountains to cover you from the presence of him that sitteth on the Throne. It will be ⟨p. 217⟩in vain now to Repent, and wish you had not sleighted your salvation, nor sold it for a little pleasure to your flesh. It will be then in vain to cry Lord, Lord, open to us; O spare us; O pitty us; O do not cast us into these hideous flames! Do not turn us among Devils! do not Torment thy Redeemed ones in this fire! All this will be then too late.