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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.
8. Moreover, it is the voice of every affliction to call thee to make haste and Turn. Sickness and pain cry Turn; and poverty, and loss ⟨p. 140⟩of friends, and every twig of the chastising rod, cry Turn; and yet wilt thou not hearken to the Call? These have come near thee, and made thee feel; they have made thee groan, and can they not make thee Turn?
9. The very frame of thy Nature and being it self bespeaketh thy Return. Why hast thou Reason, but to Rule thy flesh, and serve thy Lord? Why hast thou an understanding soul, but to learn and know his will, and do it? Why hast thou an heart within thee that can love, and fear, and desire, but that thou shouldst fear him, and love him, and desire after him?
10. Yea thine own engagements by promise to the Lord do call upon thee to Turn and serve him. Thou hast bound thy self to him by a Baptismal Covenant, and renounced the world, the flesh, and ⟨p. 141⟩the Devil; this thou hast confirmed by the profession of Christianity, and renewed it at Sacraments and in times of affliction: And wilt thou promise and vow, and never perform, and Turn to God?