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If life be long, I will be glad, Tthat I may long obey; If short, yet why should I be sad, To soar to endless day?

Richard Baxter

Inspirational Life, Long, May

"Hymns of the church militant". Book by Anna Bartlett Warner, 1858.

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For it was thy sin, and the sin of all the world, that lay upon our Redeemer, and his sacrifice and satisfaction is sufficient for all, and the fruits of it are offered to one as well as another, but it is true that it was never the intent of his mind to pardon and save any that would not by faith and repentance be converted.

Richard Baxter

Sacrifice, Mind, World

Richard Baxter (1817). “The saints' everlasting rest; The divine life; and Dying thoughts; also, A call to the unconverted; and Now or never. Carefully revised”, p.459

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In hell, sinners shall forever lay all the blame on their own wills. Hell is a rational torment by conscience.

Richard Baxter

Forever, Blame, Hell

"The Saint's Everlasting Rest: Or a Treatise of the Blessed State of the Saints in Their Enjoyment of God in Heaven". Book by Richard Baxter. Chapter: "The People Who Receive the Saints' Rest", 1650.

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I take the love of God and self-denial to be the sum of all saving grace and religion.

Richard Baxter

Self, Grace, Denial

Richard Baxter (1830). “The practical works of ... Richard Baxter, with a life of the author and a critical examination of his writings by W. Orme”, p.3

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Till men are deeply humbled, they can part with Christ and Salvation for a lust, for a little wordly gain, for that which is less than nothing. But when God hath enlightened their consciences, and broken their hearts, then they would give a world for Christ.

Richard Baxter

Heart, Men, Broken

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O what a blessed day that will be when I shall . . . stand on the shore and look back on the raging seas I have safely passed; when I shall review my pains and sorrows, my fears and tears, and possess the glory which was the end of all!

Richard Baxter

Pain, Blessed, Sea

Richard Baxter (1822). “The Saint's Everlasting Rest: Or, A Treatise of the Blessed State of the Saints in Their Enjoyment of God in Heaven”, p.306

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You may know God, but not comprehend Him.

Richard Baxter

May, Knowing God, Knows

Richard Baxter (1830). “The practical works of ... Richard Baxter, with a life of the author and a critical examination of his writings by W. Orme”, p.29

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An aching tooth is better out than in.
To lose a rotting member is a gain.

Richard Baxter

Funny, Dental Work, Teeth

Poetical Fragments 'Man'

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Get masters of families to do their duty, and they will not only spare you a great deal of labor, but will much further the success of your labors. You are not like to see any general reformation, till you procure family reformation. Some little religion there may be, here and there; but while it is confined to single persons, and is not promoted in families, it will not prosper, nor promise much future increase.

Richard Baxter

Promise, Here And There, May

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Speak to your people as to men that must be awakened, either here or in hell.

Richard Baxter

Men, People, Speak

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If I were but sure that I should live to see the coming of the Lord, it would be the joyfulest tidings in the world. O that I might see His kingdom come! It is the characteristic of His saints to love His appearing, and to look for that blessed hope. "The Spirit and the bride say, Come." "Even so, come, Lord Jesus."

Richard Baxter

Jesus, Blessed, Saint

"Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 102, 1895.

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Naturally, men are prone to spin themselves a web of opinions out of their own brain, and to have a religion that may be called their own. They are far readier to make themselves a faith, than to receive that which God hath formed to their hands; are far readier to receive a doctrine that tends to their carnal commodity, or honor, or delight, than one that tends to self-denial.

Richard Baxter

Men, Self, Hands

Richard Baxter, William Orme (1830). “The Practical Works of Richard Baxter: with a Life of the Author and a Critical Examination of His Writings by William Orme”, p.128

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Prayer must carry on our work as much as preaching; he preacheth not heartily to his people that will not pray for them.

Richard Baxter

Prayer, People, Praying

Richard Baxter, William Orme (1830). “The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, with a Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of His Writings”, p.125

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When Christ comes with regenerating grace, he finds no man sitting still, but all posting to eternal ruin, and making haste toward hell; till, by conviction, he first brings them to a stand, and then, by conversion, turn first their hearts, and then their lives, sincerely to himself.

Richard Baxter

Heart, Men, Sitting Still

Richard Baxter (1838). “The Practical Works of Richard Baxter: With a Preface, Giving Some Account of the Author, and of this Edition of His Practical Works : an Essay on His Genius, Works and Times : and a Portrait”, p.13

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The more perfect the sight is the more delightful the beautiful object. The more perfect the appetite, the sweeter the food. The more musical the ear, the more pleasant the melody. The more perfect the soul, the more joyous the joys of heaven, and the more glorious that glory.

Richard Baxter

Beautiful, Sight, Perfect

Richard Baxter (1852). “The saints' everlasting rest; or; a treatise on the blessed state of the saints in their enjoyment of God in heaven: By Richard Baxter. Abridged by Benjamin Fawcett”, p.7

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Such is the depth of the Christian Scriptures, that even if I were attempting to study them and nothing else from early boyhood to decrepit old age, with the utmost leisure, the most unwearied zeal, and talents greater than I have, I would be still daily making progress in discovering their treasures.

Richard Baxter

Christian, Bored, Progress

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I tell you again, God hath not ordinarily decreed the end without the means; and if you will neglect the means of salvation, it is a certain mark that God hath not decreed you to salvation. But you shall find that He hath left you no excuse, because He hath not thus predestined you.

Richard Baxter

Mean, Election, No Excuses

Richard Baxter (1830). “The practical works of ... Richard Baxter, with a life of the author and a critical examination of his writings by W. Orme”, p.315

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Dangers breed fears, and fears more dangers bring.

Richard Baxter

Fear, Danger

"Love Breathing Thanks and Praise, Part 1". "Poetical fragments heart-imployment with God and it self..." Book by Richard Baxter, p. 50, quod.lib.umich.edu. 1681.

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Though selfishness hath defiled the whole man, yet sensual pleasure is the chief part of its interest, and, therefore, by the senses it commonly works; and these are the doors and windows by which iniquity entereth into the soul.

Richard Baxter

Men, Doors, Soul

Richard Baxter, William Orme (1830). “The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, with a Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of His Writings”, p.152

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And though it be their sin and vanity that is the cause, it is nevertheless your sin to be the unnecessary occasion: for you must consider that you live among diseased souls. And you must not lay a stumblingblock in their way, nor blow up the fire of their lust, nor make your ornaments their snares; but you must walk among sinful persons, as you would do with a candle among straw or gunpowder; or else you may see the flame which you would not foresee, when it is too late to quench it.

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Block, Blow, Fire

"The Christian directory".

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Do not mathematics and all sciences seem full of contradictions and impossibilities to the ignorant, which are all resolved and cleared to those that understand them?

Richard Baxter

Ignorant, Contradiction, Mathematics

Richard Baxter (1830). “The Practical Works of Richard Baxter: with a Life of the Author and a Critical Examination of His Writings by William Orme”, p.206

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A man pleaser cannot be true to God, because he is a servant to the enemies of his service; the wind of a man's mouth will drive him about as the chaff, from any duty, and to any sin.

Richard Baxter

Inspirational, Men, Wind

Richard Baxter (1825). “A Christian Directory, Or, A Body of Practical Divinity and Cases of Conscience: Christian ethics, (or private duties)”, p.558

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An ounce of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow.

Richard Baxter

Sorrow, Mirth, Pounds

Richard Baxter, William Orme (1830). “The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter: With a Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of His Writings”, p.376

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God takes men's hearty desires and will, instead of the deed, where they have not power to fulfill it; but he never took the bare deed instead of the will.

Richard Baxter

Men, Desire, Deeds

Richard Baxter (1830). “The Practical Works of Richard Baxter: with a Life of the Author and a Critical Examination of His Writings by William Orme: Directions and persuasions to a sound conversion. Directions for weak, distempered Christians. The character of a sound, confirmed Christian. God's goodness vindicated”, p.174

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Surely love is both work and wages.

Richard Baxter

Love Is, Wages

Richard Baxter (1831). “The Saints' Everlasting Rest”, p.72

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Born: November 12, 1615
Died: December 8, 1691
Occupation: Poet
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