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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
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.
9 She had the great blessing of a tender conscience. She did not slightly pass over small sins without penitent observation. Her Diary records her trouble, when causelessly ⟨p. 238⟩she had neglected any Ordinance; •r was hindered by rain or small occasions: or if she had overslept her self, and lost a morning-exercise in London, or came to late, •r if she were distracted in secret duty: And if she mist of a Fast through misinformation & disappointments, and f•und not her heart duly sensible of the loss, that also she recorded. So did she her stirrings of anger, and her very angry look•; resolving to take more heed against them. Though all ought not to spend so much time in writing down their failings, yet all should watch, and renew repentance.
9 She had the great blessing of a tender conscience. She did not slightly pass over small sins without penitent observation. Her Diary records her trouble, when causelesly ⟨p. 238⟩she had neglected any Ordinance; •r was hindered by rain or small occasions: or if she had overslept her self, and lost a morning-exercise in London, or came to late, •r if she were distracted in secret duty: And if she mist of a Fast through misinformation & disappointments, and f•und not her heart duly s•nsible of the loss, that also she recorded. So did she her stirrings of anger, and her very angry look•; res•lving to take more heed against them. Though all ought not to spend so much time in writing down their failings, yet all should watch, and renew repentance.