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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
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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.
And now either you have Reason for what you do, or you have not. If not; will you go on against Reason it self? Will you do that which you have no Reason for? But if you think you have, produce them, and make the best of your matter. Reason the case a little with me, your fellow-creature, which is far easier then to reason the case with God. Tell me man here before the Lord, as if thou wert to die this hour, Why shouldst thou not resolve to Turn this day, before thou stir from the place thou standest in? What Reason hast thou to deny, or to delay? Hast thou any Reason that satisfieth thine own conscience for it? Or any that thou darest own and plead at the bar of God? If thou hast, let us hear them; bring ⟨p. 172⟩them forth, and make them good? But alas, what poor stuff, what nonsense instead of reason, do we daily hear from ungodly men? But for their necessity I should be ashamed to name them.
And now either you have Reason for what you do, or you have not. If not; will you go on against Reason it self? Will you do that which you have no Reason for? But if you think you have, produce them, and make the best of your matter. Reason the case a little with me, your fellow-creature, which is far easier then to reason the case with God. Tell me man here before the Lord, as if thou wert to die this hour, Why shouldst thou not resolve to Turn this day, before thou stir from the place thou standest in? What Reason hast thou to deny, or to delay? Hast thou any Reason that satisfieth thine own conscience for it? Or any that thou darest own and plead at the barr of God? If thou hast, let us hear them; bring ⟨p. 172⟩them forth, and make them good? But alas, what poor stuff, what nonsense instead of reason, do we daily hear from ungodly men? But for their necessity I should be ashamed to name them.
1. One saith, If none shall be saved but such Converted and Sanctified ones as you talk of, then heaven would be but empty; then God help a great many.