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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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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.
2. Its a matter that concerneth every one of your selves, and every man or woman that ever lived upon the earth, or ever shall do: I am not speaking to you of the affairs of some far Country, that are nothing to you, but only to marvel at; which you never saw, nor ever shall do: no; It is thy own self man or woman ⟨p. 242⟩that hearest me this day, that shalt as surely appear before the Judgement-Seat of Christ, as the Lord liveth, and as he is true and faithful; and that is as sure as thou livest on this earth, or as the heaven is over thee. That man that heareth all this with the most careless blockish heart, shall be awakened and stand with the rest at that day; that man that never thought of it, but spent his time in worldly matters, shall leave all, and there appear; that man that will not believe these things to be true, but make a jest of them, shall see and feel what he would not Believe, and he also shall be there: The godly that waited in hope for that day, as the day of their full Deliverance and Coronation, they shall be there. Those that have lain in the dust these 5000. years, shall rise again and all stand there. Hearer, ⟨p. 243⟩whoever thou art, believe it, thou mayest better think to live without meat, to see without light, to escape death, and abide for ever on earth, then to keep away from that Appearance. Willing or unwilling, thou shalt be there. And should not a matter then that so concerneth thy self, go near to thy heart, and awake thee from thy security?
2. Its a matter that concerneth every one of your selves, and every man or woman that ever lived upon the earth, or ever shall do: I am not speaking to you of the affairs of some far Countrey, that are nothing to you, but only to marvail at; which you never saw, nor ever shall do: no; It is thy own self man or woman ⟨p. 242⟩that hearest me this day, that shalt as surely appear before the Judgement-Seat of Christ, as the Lord liveth, and as he is true and faithful; and that is as sure as thou livest on this earth, or as the heaven is over thee. That man that heareth all this with the most careless blockish heart, shall be awakened and stand with the rest at that day; that man that never thought of it, but spent his time in worldly matters, shall leave all, and there appear; that man that will not believe these things to be true, but make a jest of them, shall see and feel what he would not Believe, and he also shall be there: The godly that waited in hope for that day, as the day of their full Deliverance and Coronation, they shall be there. Those that have lain in the dust these 5000. years, shall rise again and all stand there. Hearer,