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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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3. Consider that it is a Truth that is known by the very light of nature; that there shall be a happiness for the Righteous, and a misery for the wicked after this life: which is evident▪
1. In that we have undeniable natural reason for it. 1. God is the Righteous governor of the ⟨p. 233⟩world, and therefore must make a difference among his subjects, according to the nature of their ways; which we see is not done here, where the wicked prosper, and the good are afflicted; therefore it must be hereafter.
1. In that we have undenyable natural reason for it. 1. God is the Righteous governor of the ⟨p. 233⟩world, and therefore must make a difference among his subjects, according to the nature of their waies; which we see is not done here, where the wicked prosper, and the good are afflicted; therefore it must be hereafter.
2. We see there is a necessity that God should make promises and threatenings of everlasting happiness or misery, for the right governing of the world; for we certainly perceive that no lower things will keep men from destroying all humane society, and living worse then brute beasts; and if there be a necessity of making such threats and promises, then there is certainly a necessity of fulfilling them. For God needeth no lye or means of deceiving, to rule the world.
2. We see there is a necessity that God should make promises and threatnings of everlasting happiness or misery, for the right governing of the world; for we certainly perceive that no lower things will keep men from destroying all humane society, and living worse then bruit beasts; and if there be a necessity of making such threats and promises, then there is certainly a necessity of fulfilling them. For God needeth no lye or means of deceiving, to rule the world.