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The saints everlasting rest
The saints everlasting rest: or, A treatise of the blessed state of the saints in their enjoyment of God in glory: extracted from the works of Mr. Richard Baxter, by John Wesley, M.A. late fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford.
Philadelphia: printed by Prichard & Hall, 1790
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.
THE Saints Everlasting Rest: OR, A TREATISE OF THE BLESSED STATE OF THE SAINTS IN THEIR Enjoyment of GOD in Glory: Extracted from the Works of MR. RICHARD BAXTER, BY JOHN WESLEY, M. A. Late Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford.
PHILADELPHIA: PRINTED BY PRICHARD & HALL, IN MARKET STREET, AND SOLD BY JOHN DICKINS, IN FOURTH STREET, No 43, NEAR RACE STREET.
M.DCC.XC.
TO THE INHABITANTS OF KIDDERMINSTER.
MY DEAR FRIENDS,
IF either I or my labours have any thing of public use or worth, it is wholly (though not only) yours. And I am convinced by Providence, that it is the will of GOD it should be so. This I clearly discerned in my first coming to you, in my former abode with you, and in the time of my forced absence from you. When I was separated by the miseries of the late unhappy war, I durst not six in any other congregation, but lived in a military unpleasing state, lest I should forestall my return to you. The offers of greater worldly accommodations were no temptation to me once to question whether I should have you: your free invitation of my return, your ceedi to my doctrine, the strong affection which I have yet towards you above all people, and the general hearty return of love which I find from you, do all persuade me, that I was sent into the world especially for the service of your send