Reliquiæ Baxterianæ

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Reliquiae Baxterianae Or Mr. Richard Baxter's Narrative of the Most Memorable Passages of His Life and Times And the Knowledge which could not keep fome from doing Mifchiefin the World, and from their being fitted for Hell, and from drawing others after them thither; hath yet helped Others to heavenlineis and Heaven; But he that well confiders what Man is to God, and God to Man; what an Enemy degenerate Man is to' God and himfelf what a flare and frame and pofiure of War fin hath put _men into, b0tli againli God, themfelves, and each other 5 what an Enemy Satan is to all, and what advantages Sin gives him againfl us and how Chrifi is engaged againll. Satan for us, as the Captain of our Salvation and how he manages this War by his Spirit, Oracles, Ordinances, Officers, and under-agents in Church and State, and by the Conduct of Providence over crowned Heads, Thrones, Senates, Armies Navies, greater and lefi Communities, and fingle Perfons; in all things done by them, for them, or upon them, ot againl't them: how he ufes, and influences the faculties, a6ti ons, Projects, Confederacies, and Interefls of Men, by poizing them, changing them, and turning them to his own purpofes and praile: He, 1 fay, that well attends to thefe things in his Hillorical Readings and Studies, will (to his profit and delight) dilcern God's Providence in and over the Affairs of Men to be expreflive of God's Name, minil'tring to his avouched purpofes, and a great Tefiimony to his Word and Son, and to his Covenant and Servants. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.