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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.
3. Consider also, that it is Necessary to your own recovery and Salvation. Do you think to take so dangerous a surfeit, and then to be cured without a Vomit? You will endure for the health of your bodies, the bitterest pills, and loathsomest potions, the shortest diet, and the letting out of your blood: for you know that your life lieth on it, and there is no remedy. And should you not endure for the saving of your Souls, the bitterest sorrows, the keenest rebukes, the freest Confessions, and the most plentiful tears? Sin will not down at easier rates: Self will not be conquered else: The heart of it will not be broken, till your hearts be broken. We know your sorrows Merit nothing, and make not God amends for your sins; nor is it for want of sufficiency in the blood of Christ that we require them. But it is part of the fruit of his Blood upon your Souls. If his Blood do not melt and break your hearts, you have no part in him. It becomes you to ⟨p. 185⟩mourn over him whom you have pierced, Zech. 12. 10. And this fruit of his Blood is a preparative to more. You may as well think of being saved without Faith, as without Repentance, and Humiliation.
3. Consider also, that it is Necessary to your own recovery and Salvation. Do you think to take so dangerous a surfeit, and then to be cured without a Vomit? You will endure for the health of your bodies, the bitterest pills, and loathsomest potions, the shortest dyet, and the letting out of your blood: for you know that your life lieth on it, and there is no remedy. And should you not endure for the saving of your Souls, the bitterest sorrows, the keenest rebuks, the freest Confessions, and the most plentifull tears? Sinne will not down at easier rates: Self will not be conquered else: The heart of it will not be broken, till your hearts be broken. We know your sorrows Merit nothing, and make not God amends for your sinnes; nor is it for want of sufficiency in the blood of Christ that we require them. But it is part of the fruit of his Blood upon your Souls. If his Blood do not melt and break your hearts, you have no part in him. It becomes you to ⟨p. 185⟩mourn over him whom you have pierced, Zech. 12. 10