A Christian Directory

Name: A Christian Directory
Author: Richard Baxter

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.

Richard Baxter 1615–1691London: printed by Robert White for Nevill Simmons, 1673

[35], 929, [5], 214 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. · 1.2M words · Wing B1219 · ESTC R21847

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Direction 9. When you have found your selves in a state of sin and death, Understand and Consider¹ what a state that is.

Direction 9. WHen you have found your selves in a state of sin and death, Understand and Consider¹ what a state that is.

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§. 1. It may be you will think it a tolerable condition, and linger in it, as if you were safe, or delay your Repentance, as if it were a matter of no great haste; unless you open your eyes, and look round about you, and see in how slippery a place you stand. Let me name some instances of the misery of an unregenerate graceless state, and then judge of it as the Word of God directs you.

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1. As long as you are unconverted you must needs be loathsome and abominable to God. His holy nature¹ is unreconcilable to sin, and would be unreconcilable to sinners, if it were not that he can cleanse and purify them. Did you know what sin is, and know Gods holiness, you would understand this much better. Your own averseness to God, and your dislike of the holiness of his Laws and servants, might tell you what thoughts he hath of you. He hateth all the workers of iniquity, Psal. 5. 5. Indeed he taketh you for his enemies, and as such he will handle you, if you be not converted. I know many persons that are most deeply guilty, especially men of honour and esteem in the world, would scorn to have this title given to themselves: But verily God is not fearful of offending them, nor so tender of their deled honour, as they are of their own, or as they expect the Preacher should be. If those be the Kings enemies that refuse his Government and set up another, then those are the enemies of God and of the Redeemer and of the Holy Ghost, that set up the base concupiscence of their flesh, and the honour and prosperity of this world, and the will of man, and refuse the Government of God their Creator and Redeemer, and refuse the sanctifying teachings and operations of the Holy Ghost. Read

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A Christian Directory

Direction 9. When you have found your selves in a state of sin and death, Understand and Consider¹ what a state that is.

Direction 9. WHen you have found your selves in a state of sin and death, Understand and Consider¹ what a state that is.

Direction 10. When you have found out how sad a condition you are in, consider what there is in¹ sin to make you amends or repair your loss, that should be any hinderance to your Conversion.

Direction 10. WHen you have found out how sad a condition you are in, consider what there is in¹ sin to make you amends or repair your loss, that should be any hinderance to your Conversion.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

Direction 9. When you have found your selves in a state of sin and death, Understand and Consider1 what a state that is.

Direction 9. WHen you have found your selves in a state of sin and death, Understand and Consider1 what a state that is.

Direction 10. When you have found out how sad a condition you are in, consider what there is in1 sin to make you amends or repair your loss, that should be any hinderance to your Conversion.

Direction 10. WHen you have found out how sad a condition you are in, consider what there is in1 sin to make you amends or repair your loss, that should be any hinderance to your Conversion.

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Direction 9. When you have found your selves in a state of sin and death, Understand and Consider¹ what a state that is.

Direction 9. WHen you have found your selves in a state of sin and death, Understand and Consider¹ what a state that is.

Direction 10. When you have found out how sad a condition you are in, consider what there is in¹ sin to make you amends or repair your loss, that should be any hinderance to your Conversion.

Direction 10. WHen you have found out how sad a condition you are in, consider what there is in¹ sin to make you amends or repair your loss, that should be any hinderance to your Conversion.