The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter: Volume XXIII (Biblia.com)

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Volume Twenty-Three concludes The Saint’s Everlasting Rest. Baxter addresses the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints, and encourages his readers to compare expectations of life on earth with the promises of heaven. Fearing death leads to doubt and despair, but contemplating heaven brings comfort and rest.

sensibly, ‘O my friend, my goods, my health,’ than ‘O my God!’ Do we not miss ministry and means more passionately than we miss our God? Do we not bestir ourselves more to obtain and enjoy these than we do to recover our communion with God? Secondly, Do we not delight more in the possession of these than we do in the fruition of God himself? Nay, be not those mercies and duties most pleasant to us, wherein we stand at greatest distance from God? We can read, and study, and confer, preach, and hear,

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