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The redemption of time, or, A sermon containing very good remedies for them that…
The redemption of time, or, A sermon containing very good remedies for them that have mis-spent their time showing how they should redeem it comfortably / by William Whately ... ; now published for general good by Richard Baxter.The redemption of time, or, A sermon containing very good remedies for them that have mis-spent their time shewing how they should redeem it comfortably / by William Whately ... ; now published for general good by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Francis Tyton, 1673
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Quest. 10. How do you now wish that you had spent the Time which is already past? Had you not rather that it had been spent in fruitful holiness and good works, than in idleness and fleshly pleasures? If not, you have not so much as a shadow of Repentance; and therefore can have no just conceit that you are forgiven? If yea, then why will you do that for the Time to come, which you wish for the time past that you had never done? And hereby show that your Repentance is hypocritical, and will not prove the pardon of your sin? For so far as any man truly Repenteth, he is resolved not to do the like, if it were to do again, under the like temptations.
Quest. 10. How do you now wish that you had spent the Time which is already past? Had you not rather that it had been spent in fruitful holiness and good works, than in idleness and fleshly pleasures? If not, you have not so much as a shadow of Repentance; and therefore can have no just conceit that you are forgiven? If yea, then why will you do that for the Time to come, which you wish for the time past that you had never done? And hereby shew that your Repentance is hypocritical, and will not prove the pardon of your sin? For so far as any man truly Repenteth, he is resolved not to do the like, if it were to do again, under the like temptations.
Quest. 11. Do you know who attendeth you while you are loitering away your Time? I have elsewhere told you, that the patience and mercy of God is waiting on you: that Christ is offering you his grace, and the holy spirit moving you to a wiser and a better course; that Sun and Moon and all the Creatures here on earth, are offering you their service: Besides Ministers and all other helpers of your salvation: And must all these wait upon you while you serve the flesh, and vilify your Time, and live as for nothing?
Quest. 11. Do you know who attendeth you while you are loitering away your Time? I have elsewhere told you, that the patience and mercy of God is waiting on you: that Christ is offering you his grace, and the holy spirit moving you to a wiser and a better course; that Sun and Moon and all the Creatures here on earth, are offering you their service: Besides Ministers and all other helpers of your salvation: And must all these wait upon you while you serve the flesh, and vilifie your Time, and live as for nothing?