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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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§. 34. Direct. 3. See that you take not part with sin, and wrangle not, or strive not against your 1Physician, or any that would do you good. Excusing sin, and pleading for it, and extenuating it, and striving against the Spirit and Conscience, and wrangling against Ministers and godly friends, and hating reproof, are not the means to be cured and sanctified.
§. 34. Direct. 3. See that you take not part with sin, and wrangle not, or strive not against your 1Physicion, or any that would do you good. Excusing sin, and pleading for it, and extenuating it, and striving against the Spirit and Conscience, and wrangling against Ministers and godly friends, and hateing reproof, are not the means to be cured and sanctified.
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§. 35. Direct. 4. See that malignity in every one of your particular sins, which you can see and say 1is in sin in general. It's a gross deceit of your selves, if you will speak a great deal of the evil of sin, and see none of this malignity, in your Pride, and your worldliness, and your passion, and peevishness, and your malice, and uncharitableness, and your lying, backbiting, slandering, or sinning against conscience for worldly commodity or safety. What self-contradiction is it for a man in prayer to aggravate sin, and when he is reproved for it, to justify or excuse it? For a Popish Priest to enter sinfully upon his place, by subscribing or swearing the Trent Confession, and then to preach zealously against sin in the general, as if he had never committed so horrid a crime? This is like him that will speak against Treason, and the Enemies of the King, but because the Traitors are his friends and kindred, will protect, or hide them, and take their parts.