A26872:159
A Call to the Unconverted
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 / by his unworthy servant, Richard Baxter ; to be read in families where any are unconverted.
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1658
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. If God had more pleasure in thy Death then in thy Conversion and Life, he would not have so frequently commanded thee in his word, to Turn; he would not have made thee such promises of Life, if thou wilt but Turn; he would not have persuaded thee to it by so many Reasons. The tenor of his Gospel proveth the point.
2. If God had more pleasure in thy Death then in thy Conversion and Life, he would not have so frequently commanded thee in his word, to Turn; he would not have made thee such promises of Life, if thou wilt but Turn; he would not have perswaded thee to it by so many Reasons. The tenour of his Gospel proveth the point.
3. And his Commission that he hath given to the Ministers of the Gospel, doth fully prove it. If God had taken more pleasure in thy damnation, then in thy Conversion and Salvation, he would never have charged us to offer you Mercy, and to teach you the Way of Life both publicly and privately, ⟨p. 92⟩and to entreat and beseech you to turn and live; to acquaint you with your sins, and foretell you of your danger, and to do all that possibly we can for your Conversion; and to continue patiently so doing, though you should hate us, or abuse us for our pains. Would God have done this, and appointed his Ordinances for your good, if he had taken Pleasure in your death?
3. And his Commission that he hath given to the Ministers of the Gospel, doth fully prove it. If God had taken more pleasure in thy damnation, then in thy Conversion and Salvation, he would never have charged us to offer you Mercy, and to teach you the Way of Life both publikely and privately, ⟨p. 92⟩and to intreate and beseech you to turn and live; to acquaint you with your sins, and foretell you of your danger, and to do all that possibly we can for your Conversion; and to continue patiently so doing, though you should hate us, or abuse us for our pains. Would God have done this, and appointed his Ordinances for your good, if he had taken Pleasure in your death?