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A Christian Directory
A Christian directory, or, A sum of practical theology and cases of conscience directing Christians how to use their knowledge and faith, how to improve all helps and means, and to perform all duties, how to overcome temptations, and to escape or mortify every sin : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.A Christian directory, or, A summ of practical theologie and cases of conscience directing Christians how to use their knowledge and faith, how to improve all helps and means, and to perform all duties, how to overcome temptations, and to escape or mortifie every sin : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by Robert White for Nevill Simmons, 1673
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Part 1 › Chapter 5 › Tit. 3. Directions Practical for Redeeming Time.
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.
§. 44. Direct. 6. Contrive before hand with the best of your skill for the preventing of impediments, 1and for the most successful performance of your work. If you leave all to the very time of doing, you will have many hinderances rise before you, and make you lose your Time, which prudent forecast might have prevented. As for the improving of the Lords Day, if you do not beforehand so order your business, that all things may give place to holy duties, you will meet with so many disturbances and temptations, as will lose you much of your Time and benefit: so for family duties, and secret duties, and meditation and studies and the works of your callings; If you do not forecast what hindrance is like to meet you, that you may prevent it before the time, you must lose much Time, and suffer much disappointment.
§. 44. Direct. 6. Contrive before hand with the best of your skill for the preventing of impediments, 1and for the most succesful performance of your work. If you leave all to the very time of doing, you will have many hinderances rise before you, and make you lose your Time, which prudent forecast might have prevented. As for the improving of the Lords Day, if you do not beforehand so order your business, that all things may give place to holy duties, you will meet with so many disturbances and temptations, as will lose you much of your Time and benefit: so for family duties, and secret duties, and meditation and studies and the works of your callings; If you do not forecast what hindrance is like to meet you, that you may prevent it before the time, you must lose much Time, and suffer much disappointment.
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§. 45. Direct. 7. Endure patiently some smaller inconvenience and loss, for the avoiding of greater, and 1