534 BAXTER'S FAREWELL SERMON. shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye tobe in all. holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting the corn- ing of the day of God, wherein the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat; nev- ertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, whereindwelleth righteousness ;" 2 Peter iii.''11-13. I need not lengthen my counsels further to you now, having been calledby thewill and providence of God to leave behind me a multitude ofbooks, which may remember you of what you heard, and acquaint the world what doctrine I have taught you ; and if longer studies shall teach me to retract and amend many failings, in the writings or practice of my unripe and less experienced age, as it will be to myself as pleasing as the cure of bodily. disease, I hope it will not seem strange or ungrateful to you : though we must hold fast the truth which we have received, both you and I are much to be blamed, if we grow not in knowledge, both in matter, words, and method : the Lord grant that also we maygrow in faith, obedience, patience in hope, love, and desire to be with Christ. Now, the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every goodwork, to do his will, working in you that which is well-pleasing- in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. Heb. xiii. 20, 21.
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