A26892:6854
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.
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.
10. I• is lawful and • d•••• to for •••• some certain •••• or number of Sermons, Prayers or Sacraments, &c. when ••••er the present •se of them would apparently p•o••re more h•rt than good, o• […] forbear […] •••• like to pr••••• mo•• good than the doing of them: For they are all for our Edification, and are made for man and not man for them (though for God.) As if forbearing this d•y […] p••••u•• •••• li••••y for many days servi•e afterward, &c.
10. I• is lawful and • d•••• to for •••• some certain •••• or number of Sermons, Prayers or Sacraments, &c. when ••••er the present •se of them would apparently p•o••re more h•rt than good, o• 〈…〉 forbear like to pr mo good than the doing of them: For they are all for our Edification, and are made for man and not man for them (though for God.) As if forbearing this dy pu liy for many dayes servie afterward, &c.