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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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Quest. 6. Moreover canst thou not truly say, that Christs friends, so far as thou knowest them, are thy friends, and that which is against him, thou takest as against thy self? If so, undoubtedly, thy enemies also are to him as his enemies, and he will lay them at thy feet. Thy troubles are as his troubles, and in all thy afflictions he is as careful of thy good, as if he himself were thereby afflicted. Fear not those enemies that Christ takes as his own. It is he that is engaged to overcome them.
Quest. 6. Moreover canst thou not truly say, that Christs friends, so far as thou knowest them, are thy friends, and that which is against him, thou takest as against thy self? If so, undoubtedly, thy enemies also are to him as his enemies, and he will lay them at thy feet. Thy troubles are as his troubles, and in all thy afflictions he is as carefull of thy good, as if he himself were thereby afflicted. Fear not those enemies that Christ takes as his own. It is he that is engaged to overcome them.
And now when Conscience it self beareth witness, that thus it is with thy soul, and that thou wouldst fain be what God would have thee be, and desirest nothing more then to be more like him, ⟨p. 185⟩and nearer to him, and desirest no kind of life so much, as that in which thou mayest be most serviceable to him: Consider what a wrong it is then to Christ, and to the honour of his Covenant and grace, & to thy poor dejected soul, that thou shouldst lie questioning his love and thy part in him, and looking about for matter of accusation or causeless suspicion against his spirit working in thee? and that thou shouldst cast away the joy of the Lord which is thy strength, and gratify the enemy of thy peace? When sickness is upon thee, and death draws nigh, thou shouldst then with joy lift up thy head, because thy warfare is almost accomplished, and thy Saviour ready to deliver thee the Crown. Is this a time to fear and mourn, when thou art entering into endless joy? Is it a time of lamentation, when thou art almost ⟨p. 186⟩