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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
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2. He hath conquered the Tempter, that conquered us. And therefore did he purposely yield himself to such sore temptations, Matth. 4. That his Victory might be glorious, and the Second Adam might overcome him that had overcome the first. And thus he hath done much to the rescue of the Captivated.
3. Hereby also he hath overcome the world, which overcame the first Adam, and his posterity: He trampled upon its seeming glory; he neglected and despised its baits and allurements; he went through all its cruel persecutions, and oppositions: So that the world now as well as the Devil, are conquered things. By which he hath made way for the Victory of his followers, and given them ground of great encouragement, Joh. 16. 33. Be of good cheer: I have overcome the world. Yea I may say in a sort he hath ⟨p. 235⟩overcome the flesh also. For though Christ had no corrupt flesh as we have to contend with, yet had he a natural and sensitive appetite, which the Command of God did forbid him to fulfil. And therefore when innocent Nature di••red that the Cup might pass from him, and abhor death by a simple Averseness; yet perfect Holiness permitted not this to proceed to a Refusal by the comparing Intellect, and Choosing, or Refusing Will; but saith, Not my will, but thine be done. And when Christ was hungry and weary, the desire of food and rest, by the sensitive appetite, was no sin: But when the Work of God forbade the fulfilling of such desires, he still denied them.
3. Hereby also he hath overcome the world, which overcame the first Adam, and his posterity: He trampled upon its seeming glory; he neglected and despised its baits and allurements; he went through all its cruel persecutions, and oppositions: So that the world now as well as the Devil, are conquered things. By which he hath made way for the Victory of his followers, and given them ground of great encouragment,