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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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4. Moreover its apparent that you are self-destroyers, in that you draw the matter of your sin and destruction even from the blessed God himself. You like not the contrivances of his Wisdom: You like not his Justice, but take it for cruelty: You like not his Holiness, but are ready to think he is such a one as your selves, Psal. 50.21. and makes as light of sin as you: You like not his Truth, but would have his Threatenings, even his peremptory Threatenings prove false. And his goodness which you seem most highly to approve, you partly resist, as it would lead you to repentance; and partly abuse, to the strengthening of you sin, as if you might the freelyer sin, because ⟨p. 244⟩God is Merciful, and because his Grace doth so much abound.
4. Moreover its apparent that you are self-destroyers, in that you draw the matter of your sin and destruction even from the blessed God himself. You like not the contrivances of his Wisdom: You like not his Justice, but take it for cruelty: You like not his Holiness, but are ready to think he is such a one as your selves, Psal. 50.21. and makes as light of sin as you: You like not his Truth, but would have his Threanings, even his peremptory Threatnings prove false. And his goodness which you seem most highly to approve, you partly resist, as it would lead you to repentance; and partly abuse, to the strengthning of you sin, as if you might the freelyer sin, because ⟨p. 244⟩God is Merciful, and because his Grace doth so much abound.
Yea you fetch destruction from •he blessed Redeemer, and Death from the Lord of life himself. And nothing more emboldeneth you in sin, then that Christ hath died for you; as if now the danger of death were over, and you might boldly venture: As if Christ were become a servant to Satan and your sins, and must wait upon you while you are abusing him: and because he is become the Physician of souls, and he is able to save to the utmost all that come to God by him, you think he must suffer you to refuse his help, and throw away his Medicines, and must save you whether you will come to God by him or no: so that a great part of your sins are occasioned by your bold presumption, upon the death of Christ.