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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
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9. Remember how through all his life, he despised the Riches of the world, and chose a life of poverty, and was a companion of the meanest, neither possessing nor seeking sumptuous houses, or great attendance, or spacious lands, or a large estate. He lived in a visible contempt of all the wealth and splendour, and greatness of the world: To teach us how little these little things are to be esteemed; •nd that they are none of the treasure and portion of a Saint; and what a folly it is to be fond of ••••h snares, and diversions, and temptations which make the way to Heaven to be to us, as a needl••s •y•.
9. Remember how through all his life, he despised the Riches of the world, and chose a life of poverty, and was a companion of the meanest, neither possessing nor seeking sumptuous houses, or great attendance, or spacious lands, or a large estate. He lived in a visible contempt of all the wealth and splendor, and greatness of the world: To teach us how little these little things are to be esteemed; •nd that they are none of the treasure and portion of a Saint; and what a folly it is to be fond of ••••h snares, and diversions, and temptations which make the way to Heaven to be to us, as a needl••s •y•.
10. Observe how little he regarded the honour and applause of men; how he made himself of no 1refutation, […] took upon him the form of a Servant, refusing to be made a King, or to have a Kingdom of this ••••ld: Though he told malignant Blasphemers how greatly they sinned in dishonouring him, yet did he not seek the honour of the world: To teach us how little the Thoughts or Words of ignorant men do contribute to our happiness, or are to be accounted of: And to turn our eyes from the unpertinnt censures of flesh and blood, to the judgement of our Almighty Sovereign, to whom it is that we stand or fall.