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A treatise of death, the last enemy to be destroyed showing wherein its enmity…A treatise of death, the last enemy to be destroyed shewing wherein its enmity…
A treatise of death, the last enemy to be destroyed showing wherein its enmity consisteth and how it is destroyed : part of it was preached at the funerals [sic] of Elizabeth, the late wife of Mr. Joseph Baker ... / by Rich. Baxter ; with some few passages of the life of the said Mrs. Baker observed.A treatise of death, the last enemy to be destroyed shewing wherein its enmity consisteth and how it is destroyed : part of it was preached at the funerals [sic] of Elizabeth, the late wife of Mr. Joseph Baker ... / by Rich. Baxter ; with some few passages of the life of the said Mrs. Baker observed.
London: printed by R.W. for Nev. Simmons, 1660
Sermon › Section 9 › Application 8: Use 8.Sermon › Section 9 › Application 8: Ʋse 8.
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1. Did Christ ever show himself unkind to thee? or unwilling to receive thee, and have mercy on thee? Did he ever give thee cause to think so poorly of his Love and grace, as thy doubts do intimate thou dost? Hast thou not found him kind when thou wast unkind, and that he thought on thee when thou didst not think on him? and will he now forget thee, and end in wrath that begun in Love? He desired thee when thou didst not desire him, and give thee all thy desires after him: and will he now ⟨p. 175⟩cross and deny the desires which he hath caused? He was found of thee, (or rather found thee) when thou soughtest not after him: and can be reject thee now thou criest and callest for his grace? O think not hardly of his wondrous grace, till he give thee cause. Let thy sweet experiences be remembered, to the shame of thy causeless doubts and fears; and let him that hath loved thee to the death, be thought on as he is, and not as the unbelieving flesh would misrepresent him.
1. Did Christ ever shew himself unkind to thee? or unwilling to receive thee, and have mercy on thee? Did he ever give thee cause to think so poorly of his Love and grace, as thy doubts do intimate thou dost? Hast thou not found him kind when thou wast unkind, and that he thought on thee when thou didst not think on him? and will he now forget thee, and end in wrath that begun in Love? He desired thee when thou didst not desire him, and give thee all thy desires after him: and will he now ⟨p. 175⟩cross and deny the desires which he hath caused? He was found of thee, (or rather found thee) when thou soughtest not after him: and can be reject thee now thou criest and callest for his grace? O think not hardly of his wonderous grace, till he give thee cause. Let thy sweet experiences be remembred, to the shame of thy causeless doubts and fears; and let him that hath loved thee to the death, be thought on as he is, and not as the unbelieving flesh would misrepresent him.