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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 6 › Tit. 1. Directions against evil and idle Thoughts.
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Tit. 1. Directions against evil and idle Thoughts.
§. 2. Direct. 1. Know which are evil Thoughts, and retain such an odious Character of them continually 1on your minds, as may provoke you still to meet them with abhorrence. Evil thoughts are such as these: 1. All thoughts against the Being, or Attributes, or Relations, or honour, or works of God: Atheistical and Blasphemous Idolatrous and unbelieving thoughts: All thoughts that tend to disobedience or opposition to the will or word of God: And all that savour of unthankfulness or want of Love to God: or of discontent and distrust, or want of the fear of God, or that tend to any of these: Also sinful, selfish, covetous, proud studies: to make a mere trade of the Ministry for gain, To be able to overtalk others: Searching into unrevealed forbidden things: Inordinate curiosity, and hasty conceitedness of your own opinions about Gods Decrees, or obscure Prophecies, Prodigies, Providence, mentioned before about Pride of our understandings.
§. 2. Direct. 1. KNow which are evil Thoughts, and retein such an odious Character of them continually 1on your minds, as may provoke you still to meet them with abhorrence. Evil thoughts are such as these: 1. All thoughts against the Being, or Attributes, or Relations, or honour, or works of God: Atheistical and Blasphemous Idolatrous and unbelieving thoughts: All thoughts that tend to disobedience or opposition to the will or word of God: And all that savour of unthankfullness or want of Love to God: or of discontent and distrust, or want of the fear of God, or that tend to any of these: Also sinful, selfish, covetous, proud studies: to make a meer trade of the Ministry for gain, To be able to overtalk others: Searching into unrevealed forbidden things: Inordinate curiosity, and hasty conceitedness of your own opinions about Gods Decrees, or obscure Prophecies, Prodigies, Providence, mentioned before about Pride of our understandings.