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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.
A Pardon is Ready, expressly granted and offered thee in the Gospel. And yet art thou unready?
A Pardon is Ready, expresly granted and offered thee in the Gospel. And yet art thou unready?
The Ministers of the Gospel are Ready to assist thee, to instruct thee, and pronounce the absolving words of peace to thy soul; they are Ready to pray for thee, and to seal up thy pardon by the administration of the holy Sacrament; And yet art thou not ready?
A•l that fear God about thee are Ready to rejoice in thy Conversion, and to receive thee into the Communion of Saints, and to give thee the right hand of fellowship, yea though thou hadst been one ⟨p. 127⟩that had been cast out of their society: they dare not but forgive where God forgiveth, when it is manifest to them by thy confession and amendment: they dare not so much as hit thee in the teeth with thy former sins, because they know that God will not upbraid thee with them. If thou hadst been never so scandalous, if thou wouldst but heartily be Converted and come in, they would not refuse thee, let the world say what they would against it. And are all these ready to receive thee, and yet art thou not ready to come in?
A•l that fear God about thee are Ready to rejoyce in thy Conversion, and to receive thee into the Communion of Saints, and to give thee the right hand of fellowship, yea though thou hadst been one ⟨p. 127⟩that had been cast out of their society: they dare not but forgive where God forgiveth, when it is manifest to them by thy confession and amendment: they dare not so much as hit thee in the teeth with thy former sins, because they know that God will not upbraid thee with them. If thou hadst been never so scandalous, if thou wouldst but heartily be Converted and come in, they would not refuse thee, let the world say what they would against it. And are all these ready to receive thee, and yet art thou not ready to come in?