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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 4 › Chapter 16 › Section 1: Tit. 1. Motives to Christian Conference and Exhortation.
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§. 15. Mot. 15. Consider how forward the Devils servants are to plead his cause! How readily and fiercely will an ignorant drunken sot pour out his reproaches and scorns against Religion? and speak evil of the things which he never understood? How zealously will a Papist or Heretic or Schismatic promote the interest of his sect, and labour to proselyte others to his party? And shall we be less zealous and serviceable for Christ, than the Devils servants are for him? and do less to save souls, than they will do to damn them?
§. 15. Mot. 15. Consider how forward the Devils servants are to plead his cause! How readily and fiercely will an ignorant drunken sot pour out his reproaches and scorns against Religion? and speak evil of the things which he never understood? How zealously will a Papist or Heretick or Schismatick promote the interest of his sect, and labour to proselyte others to his party? And shall we be less zealous and serviceable for Christ, than the Devils servants are for him? and do less to save souls, than they will do to damn them?
§. 16. Mot. 16. Nay in the time of your sin and ignorance, if you have not spoken against Religion, nor taught others to curse or swear or speak in ribald filthy language, yet at least you have spent many an hour in idle fruitless talk? And doth not this now oblige you, to show your Repentance by more fruitful conference? Will you since your Conversion, speak as unprofitably as you did before?
§. 16. Mot. 16. Nay in the time of your sin and ignorance, if you have not spoken against Religion, nor taught others to curse or swear or speak in ribbald filthy language, yet at least you have spent many an hour in idle fruitless talk? And doth not this now oblige you, to shew your Repentance by more fruitful conference? Will you since your Conversion, speak as unprofitably as you did before?