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Richard Baxter (born 23 June 1978) is a retired Rugby union player who played his entire professional career for his local club, Exeter Chiefs in the RFU Championship and Aviva Premiership. He made his first team debut for Exeter Chiefs against Fylde on 11 October 1997. His position of choice is Number 8. He announced his retirement on 2 May 2013 after playing 16 seasons, 431 games and 126 tries for Exeter. Richard is the younger brother of Chiefs coach Rob Baxter. References

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“When the Son of God comes to rescue us and bring us back to God, He does not find in us the ability to believe.”
— The Saints' Everlasting Rest (1650), "The Nature of the Saints' Rest"
“Special mercy arouses more gratitude than universal mercy.”
— The Saints' Everlasting Rest (1650), "The Splendor of the Saints' Rest"
“Sinners, hear and consider, if you wilfully condemn your souls to bestiality, God will condemn them to perpetual misery.”
— A Sermon Preached at the Funeral of Mr. John Corbet
“Christ leads me through no darker rooms Than He went through before.”
— Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 11.
“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."”
— Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 102.
“As the fire doth mount upwards, and the needle that is touched with the loadstone still turneth to the north, so the converted soul is inclined to God. Nothing else can satisfy him, nor can he find any content and rest but in his love. In a word, all that are converted do esteem and love God better than all the world; and the heavenly felicity is dearer to them than their fleshly prosperity.”
— A Call to the Unconverted to Turn and Live, Sermon 1

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Notable quotes

“When the Son of God comes to rescue us and bring us back to God, He does not find in us the ability to believe.”
— The Saints' Everlasting Rest (1650), "The Nature of the Saints' Rest"
“Special mercy arouses more gratitude than universal mercy.”
— The Saints' Everlasting Rest (1650), "The Splendor of the Saints' Rest"
“Sinners, hear and consider, if you wilfully condemn your souls to bestiality, God will condemn them to perpetual misery.”
— A Sermon Preached at the Funeral of Mr. John Corbet
“Christ leads me through no darker rooms Than He went through before.”
— Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 11.
“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."”
— Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 102.
“As the fire doth mount upwards, and the needle that is touched with the loadstone still turneth to the north, so the converted soul is inclined to God. Nothing else can satisfy him, nor can he find any content and rest but in his love. In a word, all that are converted do esteem and love God better than all the world; and the heavenly felicity is dearer to them than their fleshly prosperity.”
— A Call to the Unconverted to Turn and Live, Sermon 1

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