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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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THE fourth Direction. Use frequently to think of the Certainty, nearness and dreadfulness of that day, to keep Life in your Affections and Endeavours; lest by Inconsiderateness your souls grow stupid and negligent. Otherwise, because it is out of sight, the heart will be apt to grow hardened and secure. And do not think of it slightly as a common thing, but purposely set your selves to think of it, that it may rouse you up to such Affections and ⟨p. 266⟩Endeavours as in some measure are answerable to the nature of the thing.
THE fourth Direction. Ʋse frequently to think of the Certainty, neerness and dreadfulness of that day, to keep Life in your Affections and Endeavours; lest by Inconsiderateness your souls grow stupid and negligent. Otherwise, because it is out of sight, the heart will be apt to grow hardened and secure. And do not think of it sleightly as a common thing, but purposely set your selves to think of it, that it may rouze you up to such Affections and ⟨p. 266⟩Endeavours as in some measure are answerable to the nature of the thing.
THE fifth Direction. Labour to have a lively feeling on thy heart, of the evil and weight of that sin which thou art guilty of, and of the misery into which it hath brought thee, and would further bring thee if thou be not delivered, and so to feel the need of a Deliverer. This must prepare thee to partake of Christ now: and if thou partake not of him now▪ thou canst not be saved by him Then. It is these souls that now make light of their sin and misery, that must then feel them so heavy, as to be pressed by them into the infernal flames. And those that now feel