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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.
All this the poo•est beggar of you that is Converted, shall Certainly and E••l•sly enjoy.
2. You see For what you must Turn: Next you must understand, From what you must Turn: A•d that is, (in a word) From your Carnal Self, which is the End of all the Unconverted. From the flesh that would be pleased before God, and would still be enticing you thereto. From the world, that is the bait: And from the Devil, that is the Angler for souls and the deceiver. And so from all known and wilful sin.
2. You see For what you must Turn: Next you must understand, From what you must Turn: A•d that is, (in a word) From your Carnal Self, which is the End of all the Unconverted. F•om the flesh that would be pleased before God, and would still be enticing you thereto. From the world, that is the bait: And from the Devil, that is the Angler for souls and the deceiver. And so from all known and wilfull sin.
3. Next you must know To what you must Turn: And that is, To God as your End. To Christ as the way to the Father: To Holiness as the way appointed you by Christ: And so to the use of all the helps and means of grace afforded you by the Lord.