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Two treatises tending to awaken secure sinners viz., 1. The terror of the day…
Two treatises tending to awaken secure sinners viz., 1. The terror of the day of judgment, from 2 Cor. 5. 10, 2. The danger of slighting Christ and his Gospel, from Matth. 22. 5 / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Jonas Luntley, 1696
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.
Obj. But how shall Heathens be judged by the Law of Grace, that never did receive it?
Answ. The express Gospel some of them had not, and therefore shall not directly be judged by it; but much of the Redeemer's Mercy they did enjoy, which should have led them to repent and seek out after Recovery from their Misery, and to come nearer Christ; and for the neglect and abuse of this they shall be judged, ⟨p. 14⟩and not merely for sinning against the Law that was given us in pure Innocency: so that Christ as Redeemer shall judg them as well as others; though they had but one Talent, yet must they give an account of that to the Redeemer from whom they received it. But if any be unsatisfied in this, let them remember that as God hath left the State of such more dark to us, and the Terms on which he will judg them; so doth it much more concern us to look to the Terms of our own Judgment.
Answ. The express Gospel some of them had not, and therefore shall not directly be judged by it; but much of the Redeemer's Mercy they did enjoy, which should have led them to repent and seek out after Recovery from their Misery, and to come nearer Christ; and for the neglect and abuse of this they shall be judged, ⟨p. 14⟩and not meerly for sinning against the Law that was given us in pure Innocency: so that Christ as Redeemer shall judg them as well as others; though they had but one Talent, yet must they give an account of that to the Redeemer from whom they received it. But if any be unsatisfied in this, let them remember that as God hath left the State of such more dark to us, and the Terms on which he will judg them; so doth it much more concern us to look to the Terms of our own Judgment.