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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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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 ⟨p. 252⟩against all the persuasion and interest of the flesh, so that the main scope and bent of the heart and life is still for God; and when he sinneth, he riseth again by true Repentance; I say, that soul, and that only, shall be Justified in Judgement, and be saved.
4. That soul that is so apprehensive of the absolute Soveraignty 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 waies, 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 ⟨p. 252⟩against all the perswasion and interest of the flesh, so that the main scope and bent of the heart and life is still for God; and when he sinneth, he riseth again by true Repentance; I say, that soul, and that only, shall be Justified in Judgement, and be saved.
5. That soul that hath such Believing thoughts of the life to come, that he taketh the promised blessedness for his portion, and is resolved to venture all else upon it, and in hope of this glory, doth set light comparatively by all things in this world, and waiteth for it as the end of his life, choosing any suffering that God shall call him to, rather then to lose his hopes of that felicity, and thus persevereth to the end: I say that soul, and none but that, shall be Justified in Judgement, and escape Damnation.