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A sermon of repentance preached before the honourable House of Commons, assembled in Parliament…
A sermon of repentance preached before the honourable House of Commons, assembled in Parliament at Westminster, at their late solemn fast for the settling of these nations, April 30, 1660 / by Richard Baxter.A sermon of repentance preached before the honourable House of Commons, assembled in Parliament at Westminster, at their late solemn fast for the setling of these nations, April 30, 1660 / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. and A.M. for Francis Tyton and Jane Underhil, 1660
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.
But when the holy God shall purposely pour out the vials of his wrath on the consciences of the ungodly, and open the books, and show them all that ever they have done, with all the aggravations, how then shall these worms be able to resist?
But when the holy God shall purposely pour out the vials of his wrath on the consciences of the ungodly, and open the books, and shew them all that ever they have done, with all the aggravations, how then shall these worms be able to resist?
And now I beseech you all consider; is it not better to Remember your sins on earth, then in hell? before your Physician, then before your ⟨p. 14⟩Judge? for your cure, then for your torment? Give me leave then, before I go any further, to address my self to you as the Messenger of the Lord, with this importunate request, both as you stand here in your private, and in your public capacities. In the name of the God of Heaven I charge you [Remember the lives that you have led: Remember what you have been doing in the world! Remember how you have spent your time: and whether indeed it is God that you have been serving, and Heaven that you have been seeking, and Holiness and Righteousness that you have been practising in the world till now? Are your sins so small, so venial, so few, that you can find no employment on them for your memories? Or is the offending of the Eternal God, so slight and safe a thing, as not to need your consideration? God forbid you should have such atheistical conceits! Surely God made not his Laws for nought; nor doth he make such a stir by his Word, and Messengers, and Providences against an harmless thing? Nor doth he threaten Hell to men for small indifferent matters: Nor did Christ need to have dyed, and done all that he hath done to cure a small and safe disease. Surely that which the God of heaven is pleased to threaten with everlasting punishment, the greatest of you all should vouchsafe to think on, and with greatest fear and soberness to remember.
And now I beseech you all consider; is it not better to Remember your sins on earth, then in hell? before your Physitian, then before your