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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 5
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.
When he had set us such a ⟨p. 208⟩Copy, and taught us this lesson by such effectual means; writing it out for us in lines of blood, even of his own most precious Blood, and shedding it abroad in our hearts, by the Holy Ghost.
When he had set us such a ⟨p. 208⟩Copie, and taught us this lesson by such effectual means; writing it out for us in lines of blood, even of his own most pretious Blood, and shedding it abroad in our hearts, by the Holy Ghost.
But if we should come down, to the particular benefits of Christ's death, and see what Love is manifested in them, even in our Calling, our Justification our Adoption, or Sanctification, our Preservation, and our everlasting Glorification, we should find our selves in an Ocean that hath neither banks nor bottom; and when we have fathomed as far as we can, we must be contented to stand and admire it, and to say with the Beloved Apostle, Behold what manner of Love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the Sons of God! 1 Joh. 3. 1.
And this is the blessed employment of the Saints, which they are called to by the Gospel, to live in the participation, and consideration and admiration of this wondrous Love, that Christ may dwell in their hearts by Faith, and so being rooted and grounded in Love, they may be able to comprehend with all Saints▪ what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and ⟨p. 209⟩