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A27048	A treatise of death, the last enemy to be destroyed shewing wherein its enmity consisteth and how it is destroyed : part of it was preached at the funerals [sic] of Elizabeth, the late wife of Mr. Joseph Baker ... / by Rich. Baxter ; with some few passages of the life of the said Mrs. Baker observed.	Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1660 (1660)	Wing B1425; ESTC R18115	87,475	324

would see examples of iniquity may look abroad in the world and find enough I need not be the accuser of the Saints to furnish them And I think if they enquire here of any thing ●etable they will be hard put to it to find eno●gh to cover the acc●sers shame 6. It is the honour of Christ and grace in his members more the● the honour of his servant that I seek 7. And I would not speak that in commendation of the living which I do of the dead who are out of the reach of all temptations of being lifted up with pride thereby Vnless it be such whose reputation the interest of Christ and the Gospel commandeth me to vindicate 8. Lastly I am so far from lifting up one above the rest of the members of Christ by these commendations and from abasing others whose names I mention not that I intend the honour of all in One and think that in the substance I describe all Saints in describing one I am not about a Popish work of making a wonder of a Saint as of a Phaenix or some rare unusual thing Saints with them must b● Canonized and their names put in the Calendar and yet their blind malice tells the world that there are no such things as Saints among us But I rejoyce in the many that I have communion with and the many that have lately stept before me into Heaven and are safe there out of the reach of malice and of sin and all the enemies of their peace and have left me mourning and yet rejoycing fearing and yet hoping and with some desires looking after them here behind And the faster Christ calls away his chosen ones whose graces were amiable in mine eyes the more willing he maketh me to follow them and to leave this world of darkness confusion wickedness danger vanity and vexation and to meet these precious souls in Life where we shall rejoyce that we are past this howling wilderness and shall for ever be with the Lord. FINIS Baxters Treatise of DEATH A Catalogue of Books written and published by the same Author These next following are to be sold by Nevil Simmons Bookseller in Kederminster 1 True Christiantiy or Christs Absolute dominion and mans necessary self-resignation and Subjection in two Assize Sermons preacht at Worcester in 12o. 2 A Sermon of Judgement preached at Pauls before the Honorable Lord Major and Aldermen of the City of London Decem. 17. 1654. and now enlarged in 12o. 3 Making light of Christ and Salvation too oft the Issue of Gospel Invitations manifest in a Sermon preached at Lawrence Jury in London in 8o. 4 The Agreement of divers Ministers of Christ in the County of Worcester for Catechizing or personal Instructing all in their several Parishes that will Consent thereunto containing 1. The Articles of our Agreement 2. An Exhortation to the people to submit to this necessary work 3. The Profession of Faith and Catechism in 8o. 5 Guildas Salvianus The Reformed Pastor shewing the nature of the Pastoral work especially in private instruction and Catechizing in 8o. 6 Certain Disputations of Right to Sacraments and the True Nature of Visible Christianity in 4o. 7 Of Justification four Disputations clearing and amicably defending the Truth against the unnecessary Oppositions of divers Learned and Reverend Brethren in 4o. 8 A Treatise of Conversion preached and now published for the use of those that are strangers to a true Conversion especially the grosly Ignorant and Ungodly in 4o. 9 One sheet for the Ministry against the Malignants of all sorts 10 A Winding-sheet for Popery 11 One sheet against the Quakers 12 A second sheet for the Ministry Justifying our Calling against Quakers Seekers and Papists and all that deny us to be t●e Ministers of Christ 13 D●rections to Justices of Peace especially in Corporations to the discharge of their duty to God written at the request of a Magistrate and Published for the use of others ●hat need it An open street 14 The Crucifying of the world by the Cross of Christ With a Preface to the Nobles Gentlemen and all the Rich directing them how they may be Richer in 4o. 15 A Call to the Unconverted to Turn and Live and accept of mercy while mercy may be had as ever they would find mercy in the day of their extremity From the Living God To be read in Families where any are unconverted in 12o. 16 Of Saving Faith That it is not only gradually but specifically distinct from all Common Faith The Agreement of Richard Baxter with that very Learned consenting Adversary that hath maintained his Assertion by a pretended Confutation in the end of Serjeant Shepherds Book of Sincerity and Hypocrisie With the Reasons of his Dissent in some passages that came in on the by in 4o. 17 Directions and Perswasions to a sound conversion For Prevention of that Deceit and Damnation of Souls and of those Scandals Heresies and desperate Apostasies that are the Consequents of a Counterfeit or Superficial Change in 8o. 18 The Grotian Religion Discovered At the invitation of Mr. Thomas Pierce in his Vindication With a Preface vindicating the Synod of Dort from the calumnies of the new Tilenus and David Peter c. and the Puritans and Sequestrations c. from the censures of Mr. Pierce in 8o. Confirmation and Restauration the necessary means of Reformation and Reconcil●ation for the Healing of the Corruptions and Divisions of the Churches Submissively but earnestly tendered t● the Consideration of the Sover●ign Powers Magistrates Ministers and People that they may awake and be up and doing in the Execution of so much as appeareth to be necessary as they are true to Christ his Church and Gospel and to their own and others Souls and to the Peace and Welfare of ●he Nations and as they will answer the neglect to Christ at their Peril in 8o. 19 Five Disputations of Church-Government in 4o. 20 A Key for Ca●holicks To open the Jugling of the Jesuites and satisfie all that are but truly willing to understand whether the Cause of the Roman or Reformed Churches be of God and to leave the Reader utterly unexcusable that after this will be a Papist The first Part Containing some Arguments by which the meanest may see the Vanity of Popery and 40. Detections of their Fraud with Directions and Materials sufficient for the Confutation of their Voluminous Deceits particularly refelling B●verius Richlieu H. T. Manual some Manuscripts c. with some Proposals for a hopeless Peace The Second Part sheweth especially against the French and Grotians that the Catholick Church is not United in any meerly Humane Head either Pope or Council in 4o. 21 A Treatise of Self-denia● in 4o. These Books following are to be sold by Thomas Underhill at the Bible and Anchor in Pauls Church-yard and by Francis Tyton at the three Daggers in Fleetstreet 22 THe Saints Everlasting Rest Or A Treatise of the bl●ssed State of the Saints in their enjoyment of God in Glory in 4o. 23 His Apology against the Exceptions of Mr. Blake And the digression of Mr. Kendall Animadversions on a late dissertation of Ludiomaeus Colvinus alias Ludovicus Molina●us An admonition to Mr. Eyres with Mr. Crand●ns Anatomy in 4o. 24 The unreasonableness of Infidelity in four parts 1. The Spirits intrinsick witness to the truth of Christianity with a determination of this question Whether the miracles of Christ and his Apostles do oblige those to believe who never saw them 2. The Spirits internal Witness of the truth of Christianity 3. A Treatise of the sin against the Holy Ghost 4. The Arrogancy of Reason against divine Revelation repressed in 8o. 25 The Worcestershire Petition to the Parliament for the Ministry of England defended c. in 4o. 26 His Holy Common-wealth Or Political Aphorisms opening the true Principles of Government c. in 8o. 27 The right Method for a setled Peace of Conscience and Spiritual comfort in thirty two Directions in 8o. 28 His Confession of Faith Especially concerning the Interest of Repentance and si●cere Obedience to Christ in our Justification and Salvation in 4o. 29 Christian Concord or the Agreement of the Associated Pastors and Churches of Worcestershire with his Explication and desence of it and his Exhortation to Unity in 4o. 30 His humble advice Or the heads of those things which were offered to many Honourable members of Parliament in 4o. 31 The Quakers Catechism or the Quakers questioned Their questions answered and both published for the sake of those of them that have not sinned unto death And of those ungrounded Novices that are most in danger of their seduction in 4o. 32 An account of his present Thoughts concerning the Controversies about the perseverance of the Saints in 4o. 33 His Letter to Mr. Drury for Pacification in 4o. 34 Plain Scripture proof of Infant Church-membership and Baptism being the Arguments prepared for and partly managed in the publike dispute with Mr. Tombes at Bewdly Jan. 1. 1649 c. in 4o. 35 The Sa●e Religion or three Disputations for the Reformed Catholick Religion against Popery Proving that Popery is against the Holy Scriptures the Unity of the Catholick Church the consent of the ancient Doctors the plainest Reason and common judgement of sense it self in 8o. 36 Catholick Unity Or the only way to bring us all to be of one Religion To be read by such as are offended at the differences in Religion and are willing to do their part to heal them in 12o. 37 The true Catholick and Catholick Church described And the vanity of the Papists and all other Schismaticks that confine the Catholick Church to their Sect discovered and shamed With an Apologetical Postcript against the factious Principles and Writings of Mr. T. Malpas Mr. T. Pierce Philo-Tilenus and such others in 12o. Besides his Aphorisms of Justifitation suspended

still answ●red that he had enough and minded not removing without necessity so was she ever of the same mind and still seconded and confirmed him in such resolutions even to follow Gods work while they had a competency of their own and to mind no more 4. Her very speech and behaviour did so manifest meek●ess and humility that in a little converse with her it might e●sily be discerned 5. She thought nothing too mean for her that bel●nged to her in her family and r●lation no employment food c. saying often that What God had made her duty was not too low a work for her And indeed when we kn●w ●nce that it is a work that God sets us upon it signifieth much forgetfulness of him and our selves if we think it too base or think our s●lves too good to stoop to it 6. No neighbour did seem too mean or poor for her familiar converse if they were but willing 7. She had a true esteem and cheerfull love for the mean●st of her husbands Relations and much rejoyced in her comfort in his kindred recording it among her experienced mercies 2. She was very constant and diligent in doing her part of family duties teaching all the inferiours of her family ●nd labouring to season them wi●h principles of holiness and admonishing them of their sin and danger never failing on the L●rds day at night to hear them read the Scriptures and recite their Catechisms when publike duty and all other family duty was ended and in her Husbands absence praying with them How much the imitation of such examples would conduce to the sanctifying of families is easie to be apprehended 3. In secret duty she was very constant and lived much in those two great soul-advancing works Meditation and Prayer in which she would not admit of interruptions This inward holy diligence was it that maintained spirituall life within which is the spring ●f outward acceptable works When communion with God and daily labour upon our own hearts is laid a●ide or negligently and remisly followed grace languisheth first within and then unfruitfulness if not disorders and scandalls appear without 4. Her Love to the Lord Jesus was evidenced by her great affection to his Ordinances and wayes and ser●ants A very hearty Love she manifested to those on whom the Image of God did appear even the poorest and meanest as well as the rich or eminent in the world Nor did a difference in lesser matters or any tolerable mistakes alienate her affections from them 5. She was a Christian of much plainness simplicity and singleness of heart far from a subtile crafty dissembling frame and also from loquacity or ostentation And the world was very low in her eyes to which she was long crucified ●nd on which she looked as a lifeles● thing Sensuality and pampering the flesh she much loathed Whe● she was invited to feasts she w●uld oft complain that they occasioned a difficulty in maintaining a sense of the presence of God whose company in all her company she preferred 6. She was a very carefull esteemer and redeemer of her time At home in her family the works of her generall and particular calling took her up When necessary business and greater duties gave way she was seldom without a Book in her hand or some edifying disc●urse in her mouth if there were opportunity And abroad she was very weary of barren company that spent the time in common chatt and dry discourses 7. She used good company practically and profitably making use of what she heard for her own spirituall advantage When I understood out of her Diary that she wrote down some of my familiar discourses with serious application to her self it struck exceeding deep to my heart how much I have sinned all my dayes since I undertook the person of a Minister of Christ by the slightness and unprofitableness of my discourse and how exceeding carefull Ministers should be of th●ir words and how deliberately wisely and seriously they should speak ab●ut the things of God and how diligently they should take all fit opportunities to that end when we know not how silent ●earers are affected with what we say For ought we know there may be some that will write down what we say in their Books or hearts or both And God an conscience write down all 8. In her course of Reading she was still laying in for use and practice Her course was when she read the Scriptures to gather out passages and sort and refer them to their several uses as some that were fit subjects for her Meditations Some for encouragement to prayer and other duties Promises suited to various conditions and wants as her papers shew And for other Books she would meddle with none but the sound and practicall and had no itch after the empty Books which make ostentation of Novelty and which Opinionists are now so taken with not did she like writing or preaching in envy and strife And of good Books she chose to read but few and those very often over that all might be well digested Which is a course for pr●vate Christians that tends to avoid luxuriancy and make them sincere and solid and established 9 She had the great blessing of a tender conscience She did not slightly pass over small sins without penitent observation Her Diary records her trouble when causelesly she had neglected any Ordinance ●r was hindered by rain or small occasions or if she had overslept her self and lost a morning-exercise in London or came to late ●r if she were distracted in secret duty And if she mist of a Fast through misinformation disappointments and f●und not her heart duly s●nsible of the loss that also she recorded So did she her stirrings of anger and her very angry look● res●lving to take more heed against them Though all ought not to spend so much time in writing down their failings yet all should watch and renew repentance 10. She was very solicitous for the souls of her friends As for instance h●r Brothers in Law over whom she exercised a motherly care instructing them and watching ●ver them and telling them of misc●rria●es ●nd counselling them Causing them to keep a constant course of reading the holy Scriptures and meditating on it as far as she could Causing them to learn many Chapters without Book and to read other good Books in season E●rnestly praying for them in particular Much desiring one or both should be Ministers And when her Father-in-law appointed the eldest to go to France she was much troubled for fear of his miscarriage among strangers especially those of the Romish Way 11. She was a serious Mourner for the sins of the time and place she lived in 12. In summ for strict close watchfull holy walking with God ●ven her Hu●band professeth that she was a p●ttern to him As I hi●ted before she kept a daily account in writing which is now to be see● from the beginning of the year 1654. especially of these