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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 twelfth Direction. In this vigilant, obedient, penitent course, with confidence upon God as a Father, Rest upon the Promise of Acceptance and Remission through the Merits and Intercession of him that Redeemed you: Look up in hope to the Glory that is before you, and believe that God will make good his Word, and the patient expectation of the righteous shall not be in vain: Cheerfully hold on in the work that you have begun: and as you serve a better master than you did before your change, so serve him with more willingness, gladness and delight. Do not entertain hard Thoughts of him or of ⟨p. 281⟩his service, but rejoice in your unspeakable happiness of being admitted into his family and favour through Christ. Do not serve him in drooping dejection and discouragement, but with Love, and Joy, and filial fear. Keep in the Communion of his Saints, where he is cheerfully and faithfully praised and honoured, and where is the greatest visible similitude of heaven upon earth; especially in the celebration of the Sacrament of Christs Supper, where he seals up a Renewed pardon in his blood, and where unanimously we keep the Remembrance of his Death until he come. Do not cast your selves out of the Communion of the Saints, from whom to be cast out by just Censure and Exclusion, is a dreadful emblem and fore-runner of the Judgement to come, where ⟨p. 282⟩the ungodly shall be cast of the presence of Christ and his Saints for ever.
THE twelfth Direction. In this vigilant, obedient, penitent course, with confidence upon God as a Father, Rest upon the Promise of Acceptance and Remission through the Merits and Intercession of him that Redeemed you: Look up in hope to the Glory that is before you, and believe that God will make good his Word, and the patient expectation of the righteous shall not be in vain: Cheerfully hold on in the work that you have begun: and as you serve a better master than you did before your change, so serve him with more willingness, gladness and delight. Do not entertain hard Thoughts of him or of ⟨p. 281⟩his service, but rejoyce in your unspeakable happiness of being admitted into his family and favour through Christ. Do not serve him in drooping dejection and discouragement, but with Love, and Joy, and filial fear. Keep in the Communion of his Saints, where he is cheerfully and faithfully praised and honoured, and where is the greatest visible similitude of heaven upon earth; especially in the celebration of the Sacrament of Christs Supper, where he seals up a Renewed pardon in his blood, and where unanimously we keep the Remembrance of his Death until he come. Do not cast your selves out of the Communion of the Saints, from whom to be cast out by just Censure and Exclusion, is a dreadful emblem and fore-runner of the Judgement to come, where