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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
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11. Consider, That he that hath given thee a Heavenly mind, will certainly Receive thee into heaven: If thy treasure were not there, thy heart would never have been there, Mat. 6. 21. Thy weak desires do show what he intends thee he for, kindled not those desires in vain. Thy Love to him (though too small) is a certain proof that he intends not to reject thee: It cannot be that God can damn, or Christ refuse a Soul that doth sincerely Love him: He that Loveth, dwelleth in God, and God in him, 1 John 4. 15, 16. And shall he not then dwell with God for ever? God fitteth the nature of every creature to its use, and agreeably to the element in which they dwell: And therefore when he gave thee the heavenly nature, (though but in weak beginnings) it showed his will to make thee an inhabitant of heaven.
11. Consider, That he that hath given thee a Heavenly mind, will certainly Receive thee into heaven: If thy treasure were not there, thy heart would never have been there, Mat. 6. 21. Thy weak desires do shew what he intends thee he for, kindled not those desires in vain. Thy Love to him (though too small) is a certain proof that he intends not to reject thee: It cannot be that God can damn, or Christ refuse a Soul that doth sincerely Love him: He that Loveth, dwelleth in God, and God in him, 1 John 4. 15, 16. And shall he not then dwell with God for ever? God fitteth the nature of every creature to its use, and agreeably to the element in which they dwell: And therefore when he gave thee the heavenly nature, (though but in weak beginnings) it shewed his will to make thee an inhabitant of heaven.
Say therefore to him, [O Lord, I had never loved thee if thou hadst not begun and loved me first: I had not not minded thee, or desired after thee, if thou hadst not kindled these desires: It cannot be that thy Grace it self should be a deceit and misery, and intended but to Tantalize us; and that thou hast set thy Servants Souls on longing for that which thou wilt never give them. Thou wouldst not have given me the wedding garment, when thou didst invite me, if thou hadst meant to keep me out: Even the grain of mustard-seed which thou sowedst in my heart, was a