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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
Part 2 › Chapter 9: Containing Directions to Examination, and some Marks of Trial.
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3. And certainly if GOD would but give thee leave to live in health and wealth for-ever on earth, thou wouldst think it a better slate than rest: let them seek for heaven that would, thou wouldst think this thy chiefest happiness. This is thy case if thou be yet an unregenerate person, and hast no title to the saints rest.
3. And certainly if GOD would but give thee leave to live in health and wealth for-ever on earth, thou woul•st think it a better slate than rest: let them seek for heaven that would, thou wouldst think this thy chiefest happiness. This is thy case if thou be yet an unregenerate person, and hast no title to the saints rest.
The second mark which I shall give thee, to try whether thou be an heir of rest, is this:
As thou takest GOD for thy chief good, so, Thou dost heartily accept of Christ for thy only Saviour and Lord to bring thee to this rest. The former mark was the sum of the first and great command of the law of nature, [Thou shalt love the Lord thy God.] This second mark is the sum of the come and or condition of the gospel, [Believe in the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved.] And the performance of these two is the whole sum or essence of godliness and christianity. Observe therefore the parts of this mark, which is but a definition of faith.