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Directions and persuasions to a sound conversion for prevention of that deceit and damnation…Directions and perswasions to a sound conversion for prevention of that deceit and damnation…
Directions and persuasions to a sound conversion for prevention of that deceit and damnation of souls, and of those scandals, heresies, and desperate apostasies that are the consequents of a counterfeit, or superficial change / by Richard Baxter.Directions and perswasions to a sound conversion for prevention of that deceit and damnation of souls, and of those scandals, heresies, and desperate apostasies that are the consequents of a counterfeit, or superficial change / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by A.M. for Nevil Simmons, 1658
Directions to Sinners that are purposed to Turn, and are under the… › Direction 4
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.
Answ. 1. When there is no apparent danger of the last-mentioned evils, that is, Of destroying your bodies, distracting your brains, discomposing your minds, and drowning other Graces and duties, and the rest; then you have little cause to be afraid of an excess.
Answ. 1. When there is no apparent danger of the last-mentioned evils, that is, Of destroying your bodies, distracting your brains, discomomposing your minds, and drowning other Graces and duties, and the rest; then you have little cause to be afraid of an excess.
2. When you have not smart enough to cause you to value the Love of Christ, and highly prise his blood, and the effects of it, and hunger and thirst after him and his righteousness, and earnestly beg for the pardon of your sin; you have cause to desire the more sorrow: If you feel no great need of Christ, but pass by him as lightly as the full stomach by his food, as if you could do well enough without him; you may be sure then you have need to be broken more. If you set not so much by the Love of God, that you would part with any thing in the world to enjoy it, and would think no ⟨p. 168⟩terms too dear for Heaven: You have need to lie under the sense of your sin and misery a little longer, and to beseech the Lord to save you from that heart of stone. When you can hear of the Love and sufferings of your Redeemer, without any warmth of Love to him again; and can read or hear the promises of Grace, and offers of Christ, and Eternal life, without any considerable Joy, or Thankfulness, it's time for you then to beg of God a tender heart.
2. When you have not smart enough to cause you to value the Love of Christ, and highly prise his blood, and the effects of it, and hunger and thirst after him and his righteousness, and earnestly beg for the pardon of your sinne; you have cause to desire the more sorrow: If you feel no great need of Christ, but pass by him as lightly as the full stomack by his food, as if you could do well enough without him; you may be sure then you have need to be broken more. If you set not so much by the Love of God, that you would part with any thing in the world to enjoy it, and would think no