A27061:205
Two treatises the first of death, on I Cor. 15:26, the second of judgment…
Two treatises the first of death, on I Cor. 15:26, the second of judgment on 2 Cor. 5:10, 11 / by Rich. Baxter.
London: printed for Nevil Simmons, 1672
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
In the year 1654. being near one and twenty years of age, after seeking God, and waiting for his resolving satisfying directions, she consented to be joined in marriage to Mr. Joseph Baker, by the approbation of her nearest friends: God having taken away her Mother the year before. With him she approved herself indeed such a Wife as Paul (no Papist) describeth as meet for a Bishop or Pastor of the Church, 1 Tim. 3. 11. [Even so must their Wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. Some instances I shall give, for the imitation of others.
In the year 1654. being near one and twenty years of age, after seeking God, and waiting for his resolving satisfying directions, she consented to be joyned in marriage to Mr. Joseph Baker, by the approbation of her nearest friends: God having taken away her Mother the year before. With him she approved herself indeed such a Wife as Paul (no Papist) describeth as meet for a Bishop or Pastor of the Church, 1 Tim. 3. 11. [Even so must their Wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. Some instances I shall give, for the imitation of others.
1. She was very exemplary in self-denial and humility: And having said thus much, what abundance have I comprehended? O what a beauty doth self-denial and humility put on souls! Nay what a treasure of everlasting consequence do these two words express? I shall give you a few of the discoveries.
1. She was very exemplary in self-denial and humility: And having said thus much, what abundance have I comprehended? O what a beauty doth self-denyal and humility put on souls! Nay what a treasure of everlasting consequence do these two words express? I shall give you a few of the discoveries.