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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.
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.
§. 1. Having Resigned your selves absolutely to God as your Owner, you are next to subject your selves absolutely to God as your Governor or King. How much of our Religion consisteth in this, you may see in the nature of the thing, in the design of the Law and Word of God, in the doctrine and example of Jesus Christ, in the description of the last judgement, and in the common consent of all the world. Though Love is the highest work of man, yet is it so far from discharging1 us from our subjection and obedience, that it constraineth us to it most powerfully and most sweetly, and must it self be judged of by these effects. John 14. 15. If ye love me, keep my Commandments. 21. He that hath my Commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: 23. If any man love me, he will keep my words, and my Father will Love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. 24. He that loveth me not, keepeth not my sayings. John 15. 10. If ye keep my Commandments, ye shall abide in my Love, even as I have kept my Fathers Commandments, and abide in his Love: 14. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. John 13. 17. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. 1 John 5. 3. For this is the Love of God, that ye keep his Commandments, and his Commandments are not grievous. 1 John 2. 4. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his Commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5. But who so keepeth his word, in him verily, is the Love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. 6. He that saith he is in him, ought himself also to walk, even as he walked. 29. If ye know that he is Righteous, you know that every one that doth Righteousness is born of him 1 John 3. 6. Whosoever abideth in him, sinneth not: whosoever sinneth, hath not seen him, neither known him. 7. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doth righteousness, is righteous, even as he is righteous. 8. He that committeth sin, is of the Devil: for the Devil sinneth from the beginning: for this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the Devil. 9. Whosoever is born of God, doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the Devil: whosoever doth not righteousness, is not of God—22.