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A testimony to the power of God being greater than the power of Satan contrary to all those who hold no perfection here, no freedom from sin on this side of the grave / which doleful doctrine is here testified against by Richard Baker.
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Baker, Richard, d. 1697.; Baker, Mary.
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this side the Grave Then I testifie It is not the Way of the Lord neither art thou to walk in it But thou art to walk in the Light of the Lamb which all the Nations of them that are saved shall walk in Rev. 21.24 Light is sown for the Righteous and Gladness for the Upright in Heart Psalm 97.11 And the Lord will keep him in perfect Peace whose Mind is stay'd upon him Which words are often spoken by the Hireling Priests but the thing can never be experimentally Witnessed by thee till thou comest to give up thy self wholly to be led by the Lord Which if thou do then will the Lord take delight in thee to do thee good and hard things shall be made easie to thee And as thou abidest in the Faith thou wilt see over all the Ways of the World and the Foundations whereon they stand and thou wilt see cause for ever to Praise the Lord for that he hath redeemed thee out of those Paths that lead to the Chambers of Death and hath built thee upon the sure Foundation which cannot be shaken the Rock of Ages and of many Generations Jesus Christ the chief Corner-Stone Had I the Tongue of Men and Angels I could not demonstrate unto thee in words the Peace and Happiness that is injoyed in walking in the Way of the Lord For in his Presence there is fulness of Joy and at his right hand are Pleasures for evermore Isa 16.11 O Come away come away for the Lord's sake and thy poor Soul's sake and partake not with the Wicked in their Sins lest thou receive of their Plagues Rev. 18.4 Let not a little momentary Pleasures beguile thee into Eternal Misery The Lord having redeemed me out of the hands of my Soul's Enemy I am moved with the Bowels of Pity and Compassion to beseech thee to come and be reconciled to the Lord For I testifie he is more willing to receive thee than thou art to come Why then wilt thou not come that thou mayst be Everlastingly Happy For the Door of Mercy is set open so that all that will come may come freely without Money or without Price Isa 55.1 Therefore why will ye die O ye foolish People and unwise Seeing the Way is open and the Path so plain that the Wayfaring Man though a Fool cannot err therein Isa 35.8 What could the Lord have done more for Man than he hath done having sent his Only Begotten Son a Light into the World that the World through him might believe and so be saved John 3 For the Light shines in Darkness though the Darkness doth not comprehend it John 1.5 It was that Light that gave Paul and Others the Knowledge of the Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ 2 Cor. 4.6 And it is the same Light that brings to the Knowledge of God now and not Another though the Enemy hath taught Men to give many bad Names to it that Men might not believe in it But they who do believe in it know it to be the true Light which lighteth every Man that cometh into the World John 1.9 And that In him was Life and the Life was the Light of Men ver 4. And that the Blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all Sin 1 John 1.7 That he might present his Church a glorious Church without spot or wrinkle or any such thing Eph. 5.27 Which of all those called Churches in the World whether Publick or Private is the Spotless Church Are there not Spots of Pride Envy Malice Dissimulation c. upon them Bow therefore ye tall Cedars and ye sturdy Oaks who have lifted up your selves in your vain Imaginations above the low meek and gentle Witness of the Lord in you And know that for all this God will bring you to Judgment tho' ye have covered your selves with a Profession in drawing nigh to the Lord with your Mouths and with your Lips as some of old did Isa 29.13 when your Hearts have been after your other Lovers and have made a Profession of God in Words when in Works ye have denied him Do ye think Words will stand you instead at the Day of Judgment Though ye could say We have Prayed in thy Name and Preached in thy Name and in thy Name have done many wonderful things Yet hear your Sentence if ye continue to work Iniquity Depart from me ye Workers of Iniquity Mat. 7.23 What we may some perhaps say we who have driven a Trade with the Scriptures and have formed to our selves a Way of Worship and Religious Exercises and have spent much time in the performance thereof Ah! But what will ye answer when it shall be asked of you as it was of some of old Isa 1.12 Who hath required this at your hands It is this the Lord requires of thee O Man To do Justly and to love Mercy and to walk Humbly with thy God Micah 6.8 And if thou answer his requirings therein then shall thy Peace be as a River Isa 48.18 And thou shalt know the flowings of that River the Streams whereof make glad the City of our God Psalm 46.4 Now it is my desire that thou should'st be a Fellow-Citizen with us For in the Father's House are many Mansions if it were not so I would have told you said Christ to his Disciples John 14.2 But said he I go to prepare a place for you that where I am ye may be also verse 3. O that Men would be so wise as to come to the serious Consideration of these things before the Day of their Visitation be over For whoever thou art this know for certain Thou hast a Talent given thee by the Lord and so art left for ever without Excuse Therefore see that thou makest good use of it and that thou improvest it to the Lord's use and to the Good of thy Immortal Soul Then wilt thou answer the End for which the Lord created thee and wilt bring unto the Lord the Glory due unto him Which that thou may'st is the desire of him who is Reader Thy Friend in the Truth of God R. B. Written the 13th Day of the 1st Month 1670. THE END