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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.
But because this is a work of so high concernment, and so commonly neglected, I will therefore, 1. Show you, that it is possible by trying, to come to a certainty. 2. Show you the hinderances that keep men from trying, and from assurance. 3. I will lay down some motives to persuade you to it. 4. I will give you some directions how to perform it. ⟨p. 168⟩5. And lastly, I will lay you down some marks out of scripture, by which you may try, and come to an infallible certainty, whether you are the people of GOD, or no.
But because this is a work of so high concernment, and so commonly neglected, I will therefore, 1. Shew you, that it is possible by trying, to come to a certainty. 2. Shew you the hinderances that keep men from trying, and from assurance. 3. I will lay down some motives to persuade you to it. 4. I will give you some directions how to perform it. ⟨p. 168⟩5. And lastly, I will lay you down some marks out of scripture, by which you may try, and come to an infallible certainty, whether you are the people of GOD, or no.
And 1. I shall show you that certainty of salvation may be attained, and ought to be laboured for. Which I maintain by these arguments.
And 1. I shall shew you that certainty of salvation may be attained, and ought to be laboured for. Which I maintain by these arguments.