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Compassionate counsel to all young men especially I. London apprentices, II. students of divinity,…
Compassionate counsel to all young men especially I. London apprentices, II. students of divinity, physic, and law, III. the sons of magistrates and rich men / by Richard Baxter.Compassionate counsel to all young men especially I. London apprentices, II. students of divinity, physick, and law, III. the sons of magistrates and rich men / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by T.S., 1681
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.
5. Indeed while a poor blind Clergy man as his Trade, for applause and gain, doth ⟨p. 131⟩Study and Preach that Word of God which is against him, how dreadful is it to think, how all that he doth and saith is self-condemnation, and that out of his own mouth he must be judged, and that all the woes which he pronounceth against Hypocrites, and impenitent carnal worldly men, his own Tongue pronounceth them against himself.
§. 12. And when Satan hath once got such Instruments, how great an advantage hath he for the success against themselves, against the Flock, and against the Church and Cause of Christ, above what he might expect by other Servants.
1. They are far hardlier brought to Repentance than others.
1. They are farre hardlier brought to Repentance than others.