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The last work of a believer his passing prayer recommending his departing spirit to…
The last work of a believer his passing prayer recommending his departing spirit to Christ to be received by Him / prepared for the funerals of Mary the widow first of Francis Charlton Esq. and after of Thomas Hanmer, Esq., and partly preached at St. Mary Magdalens Church in Milk-Street, London, and now, at the desire of her daughter, reprinted by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by B. Griffin for B. Simmons, 1682
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.
8. Consider, That Christ hath received thy Soul unto Grace, and therefore he will receive it unto Glory. He hath quickened us who were dead in trespasses and sins, wherein in time past we walked, &c. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins and trespasses, quickened us together with Christ, and raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, Ephes. 2. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. The State of Grace is the kingdom of heaven, as well as the State of Glory, Matth. 3. 2. & 10. 7. & 13. 11, 24, 31, 33, 44, 45, 47. By ⟨p. 47⟩Grace thou hast the heavenly birth and nature: We are first born to trouble and sorrow in the World; but we are new born to everlasting joy and pleasure. Grace maketh us Heirs, and giveth us Title; and therefore at death we shall have possession. The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in Heaven for us, 1 Peter 1. 3, 4. The great work was done in the day of thy Renovation: Then thou wast entered into the household of God, and made a fellow Citizen with the Saints, and receivedst the Spirit of adoption, Eph. 2. 19. Gal. 4. 6. He gave thee life eternal when he gave the knowledge of himself and of his Son, John 17. 3. And will he now take from thee the Kingdom which he hath given thee? Thou wast once his Enemy, and he hath Received thee already into his favour, and reconciled thee to himself: and will he not then receive thee to his Glory?