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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.
And then you must understand what it is to be converted: It is to have a New Heart or Disposition, ⟨p. 269⟩and a New Conversation.
Quest. 1. For what must you Turn?
Answ. For these ends following, which you may attain: 1. You shall immediately be made living Members of Christ, and have interest in him, and be renewed a•ter the Image of God, and be adorned with all his graces, and quickened with a new and heavenly life, and lived from the tyranny of Satan, and the dominion of sin, and be justified from the curse of the Law, and have the pardon of all the sins of your whole lives, and be accepted of God, and made his Sons, and have liberty with boldness to call him Father, and go to him by prayer in all your needs, with a promise of acceptance; you shall have the Holy Ghost to dwell in you▪ to sanctify and guide you: you shall have part in the brother-hood, ⟨p. 270⟩communion and prayers of the Saints: You shall be fitted for Gods service, and be freed from the Dominion of sin, and be useful and a blessing to the place where you live; and shall have the promise of this life, and that which is to come. You shall want nothing that is truly good for you, and your necessary afflictions you shall be enabled to bear; you may have some taste of communion with God in the Spirit, especially in all holy Ordinances, where God prepareth a feast for your souls; shall be heirs of heaven while you live on earth, and may for-see by faith the everlasting glory, and so may live and die in peace; and you will never be so low, but your happiness will be incomparably greater then your misery.