Baxter - Houston-Packer Collection BT763 .B35 1655

( 305 ) fit' contains that which the party apprehendeth more good.in, and the condition that which he is prone to apprehend fome evil in, or fome more difficultyor inconvenience: andin the.condition the promifer ufeth to fee to his own interell. Ifwe fuffer with him, we fnall alto be Glorified with him. Suffering is the Pill that muff be licked down with the promife of Glory annexed.:. God would not fay, ifyou will confent to beglorified with him, you fhall fuller with him. Ifwe confefs Chrift before men , h he will confefs us, or own us before his Father and the Angels ; but ifwe deny him, he will deny us. Confeffing him in dangerous times, is the pill that mull be licked down with the promife of his owning us. Thefe promifes fuppofe that the party is willing of the thing promifed, but not fo willing ofthe thing conditioned ; and therefore the benefit expeaed muff procure the condition performed. God faith not ifyou will confent that I confefs you before the Angels, and not deny you then you fhall have leave to confefs me in dangers. Lay all this to the cafe in hand. I con-. fefs to affent favingly to the truth of the Gofpel , which is the Intellenual foregoing ad , is a matter_of fo great difficulty, that none can do it but by fpecial Grace But fuppofe believing the the truth ofthe word, ( if it be but with a common temporary faith)can you prove that thofe men cannot be willing to be par- doned by Chrift and laved from Hell, without fpeciall Grace ? What man is willing to be damned, or unpardoned ? Ifdifputing ferve not turn, go try them, and believe them as far as reafon re- quires you : ask all the Town, how many ofyou would not have your fins pardoned ? How many would go to hell ? Who can Imagine then, that the chiefintent of the promifer, was to make that the main or only condition, which men are all willing of by nature, or can perform by nature Cif that were all, and if they firft believed the truth ofthe word) is it not much liker, that God principally intended that act that Mb and blood apprehendeth to be againit them ? and which they do moll {tick at? yea, and which tendeth molt direly to the fecuring of the interell and honour ofthe Redeemer ? that is to take him for our King and Guide, and to obey him ? Phylitians ufe to fay, if you will take me for your Phyfitian and trult me and take my Medicines, and follow my direftions, I will cure you ( if they can. )But they ufe not to fay, ifyou are willing to be cured, or on condi. R r tion

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