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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
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.
The seven and twentieth Excuse. God might have hindered my Sin and Damnation if he would.
The seven and twentieth Excuse. God might have hindred my Sin and Damnation if he would.
Answ. And will you wilfully sin, and think to scape because God doth not hinder you? The Prince that makes a Law against murder, could lock you up, and keep you from being a Murderer! But are you excusable if he do not? ⟨p. 248⟩We are certain that God could have hindered all the sin and and death, and confusion, and misery that is in the world▪ And we are as certain that he doth not hinder it (but by forbidding it and giving men means against it:) And we are certain that he is Just, and Good, and Wise in all; and not bound to hinder it: And what his Reasons are, you may better know hereafter: In the mean time, you had been better have looked to your own Duty.
The eight and twentieth Excuse. How could I be saved if Christ d d not dye for me? He dyed but for his Elect; and none could be saved without his Death.