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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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Among the rest, I well remember that even in my youth (and since much more) the writings of Mr. Whateley were very savoury to me: especially his New-Birth, his Care-cloth, and his Sermon of Redeeming Time. And finding this last now hardly to be got, when yet the necessity of it is increased, and knowing of no other, that hath done that work so well, I have desired the Printer to vindicate it from oblivion, and benefit the world with the reviving of so profitable (though small) a Treatise.
Among the rest, I well remember that even in my youth (and since much more) the writings of Mr. Whateley were very savoury to me: especially his New-Birth, his Carecloth, and his Sermon of Redeeming Time. And finding this last now hardly to be got, when yet the necessity of it is increased, and knowing of no other, that hath done that work so well, I have desired the Printer to vindicate it from oblivion, and benefit the world with the reviving of so profitable (though small) a Treatise.
I must so far venture on the displeasure of the guilty, as to say, that the doleful condition of two sorts of persons, the SENSUAL GENTRY, and the idle Beggars, is it that hath compelled me to this service: but especially of the former sort, who though slothful, may possibly be drawn to read so small a Book: What man that believeth a life hereafter, and considereth the importance of our business upon earth, and observeth how most persons, but especially our sensual Gentry, live, can choose but wonder that ever Reason can be so far lost, and even self-love and the care of their own everlasting state, so laid asleep, as mens great contempt of Time declareth! Ladies and Gentlewomen, it is you whom I most deeply pity and lament: Think not that I am too bold with you: God, who employeth us on such service, will be bolder with you than this comes to. And Christ was bold wi•h such as you, when he spake the Histories or Parables of the two Rich men in Luke 12. and Luke 16. And when he told men how hardly the Rich should enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. And James was bld with such when he wrote, Chap. 5. Go too now, ye Rich mn, weep and owl for your miseries that shall come upon you: Your Riches are corrupted, and your garments Moheaten: Your gold and silver is cankered, and the rust of them shall be a witness against you,