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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.
1. Their examples hinder much. When an ignorant sinner seeth all his friends and neighbours do as he doth, yea, the rich and learned as well as others, this is an exceeding great temptation to proceed in his security.
2. The merry company, and discourse of these men do take away the thoughts of his spiritual state, and make the understanding drunk: so that if the Spirit had before put into them any jealousy of themselves, or any purpose to try themselves, these do soon quench all.
3. Also their continual discourse of matters of the world, doth damp all these purposes.
4. Their railings also, and scorning at godly persons, is a very great impediment to multitudes of souls, and possesseth them with such a prejudice and ⟨p. 171⟩dislike of the way to heaven, that they settle in the way they are in.