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Richard Baxter was an English poet, born on November 12, 1615, and died on December 8, 1691. Known for his religious poetry and theological writings, Baxter held a significant position in English literature during the 17th century.

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“We shall then have joy without sorrow, and rest without weariness...Be of good cheer, Christian, the time is near, when God and thou shalt be near, and as near as thou canst well desire. Thou shalt dwell in his family.”

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Author:Richard Baxter

“See that your chief study be about heart, that there God's image may be planted, and his interest advanced, and the interest of the world and flesh subdued, and the love of every sin cast out, and the love of holiness succeed; and that you content not yourselves with seeming to do good in outward acts, when you are bad yourselves, and strangers to the great internal duties. The first and great work of a Christian is about his heart.”

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Book:The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter: With a Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of His Writings

Source: The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter: With a Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of His Writings

“If a man that is desperately sick today, did believe he should arise sound the next morning; or a man today, in despicable poverty, had assurance that he should tomorrow arise a prince: would they be afraid to go to bed....?”

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Author:Richard Baxter

“Death is half disarmed when the pleasures and interests of the flesh are first denied.”

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Book:A Treatise of Selfdenyall

Source: A Treatise of Selfdenyall

“In our first paradise in Eden there was a way to go out but no way to go in again. But as for the heavenly paradise, there is a way to go in, but not way to go out.”

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Author:Richard Baxter

“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.”

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Author:Richard Baxter

“The very design of the gospel doth tend to self-abasing; and the work of grace is begun and carried on in humiliation. Humility is not a mere ornament of a Christian, but an essential part of the new creature: it is a contradiction to be a sanctified man, or a true Christian, and not humble.”

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Book: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 : in Four Volumes

Source: 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 : in Four Volumes

“It is a contradiction to be a sanctified man, or a true christian, and not humble.”

Christian Humble Contradiction

Author:Richard Baxter

“Most (Christians) have an ungrounded trust in Christ, hoping that He will pardon, justify and save them, while the world has their hearts, and they live to the ﬂesh. And this trust they take as justifying faith.”

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Author:Richard Baxter