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Three treatises tending to awaken secure sinners
Three treatises tending to awaken secure sinners by Richard Baxter.
London : To be sold by John Rothwell ..., 1656
A SERMON of the absolute Sovereignty of CHRIST.A SERMON of the absolute Soveraignty of CHRIST.
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.
And I will draw these Considerations only from my Text.
1. Thou art else a Rebel against thy Sovereign Lord. This I gather from the command in my Text: and indeed the scope of the whole Psalm. God hath given thee into the hands of his on and made him Lord and King of all, & commanded all men to accept him, and submit unto him. Who can show such title to the Sovereignty? such right to rule thee as Christ can do? He is thy maker and so is not Satan; he dearly bought thee, and so did not the world; Thou wast not Redeemed with silver and Gold, and corruptible things. 1 Pet. 1. 18. I make this challenge here in the behalf of Christ; let any thing in the world step forth and show a better title to thee, to thy heart, and to thy life, then Christ doth show: and let them take thy heart, and take thy rule. But why do I speak thus? I know thou wilt confess it; and yet wilt thou not yield him thy chiefest love and obedience? out of thy own mouth then art thou condemned and thou proclaimest thy self a knowing and wilful Rebel.
1. Thou art else a Rebel against thy Soveraign Lord. This I gather from the command in my Text: and indeed the scope of the whole Psalm. God hath given thee into the hands of his on and made him Lord and King of all, & commanded all men to accept him, and submit unto him. Who can shew such title to the Soveraignty? such right to rule thee as Christ can do? He is thy maker and so is not Satan; he dearly bought thee, and so did not the world; Thou wast not Redeemed with silver and Gold, and corruptible things. 1 Pet. 1. 18. I make this challenge here in the behalf of Christ; let any thing in the world step forth and shew a better title to thee, to thy heart, and to thy life, then Christ doth shew: and let them take thy heart, and take thy rule. But why do I speak thus? I know thou wilt confess it; and yet wilt thou not yield him thy chiefest love and obedience? out of thy own mouth then art thou condemned and thou proclaimest thy self a knowing and wilful Rebel.