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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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Or in short, in Scripture phrase, He that believeth shall be saved, and he that Believeth not shall be condemned, Mar. 16.16.
3. The soul that hath had so much knowledge of the goodness of God, and his love to man in Creation, Redemption, and the following mercies, and hath had so much conviction of the vanity of all creatures, as thereupon to Love God more then all things ⟨p. 251⟩below, so that he hath the chiefest room in the heart, and is preferred before all creatures ordinarily in a time of trial: that soul shall be Justified at Judgement, and all others shall be condemned.
3. The soul that hath had so much knowledge of the goodness of God, and his love to man in Creation, Redemption, and the following mercies, and hath had so much conviction of the vanity of all creatures, as thereupon to Love God more then all things ⟨p. 251⟩below, so that he hath the chiefest room in the heart, and is prefered before all creatures ordinarily in a time of tryal: that soul shall be Justified at Judgement, and all others shall be condemned.
4. That soul that is so apprehensive of the absolute Sovereignty of God as Creator and Redeemer, and of the Righteousness of his Law, and the Goodness of his holy way, as that he is firmly Resolved to obey him before all others, and doth accordingly give up himself to study his will, of purpose that he may obey it, and doth walk in these holy ways, and hath so far mortified the flesh, and subdued the world and the Devil, that the Authority and Word of God can do more with him, then any other; and doth ordinarily prevail