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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.
6. Moreover he was pleased himself to become a Preacher of the Gospel of Salvation; not to all the world, but principally as a Minister of the Circumcision, that is, the Jews, Rom. 15. 8. He that purchased Salvation, condescended also to proclaim it. The preaching of the Gospel, is a work that Christ thought not himself too good for, Sometimes to many, sometimes to one or two as he had opportunity; often with tears; and always with earnestness and compassion, did he go about doing good, and seeking the lost, and healing the diseased, and calling men to Faith, and Repentance, and offering them the Grace, and Life which he purchased.
6. Moreover he was pleased himself to become a Preacher of the Gospel of Salvation; not to all the world, but principally as a Minister of the Circumcision, that is, the Jews, Rom. 15. 8. He that purchased Salvation, condescended also to proclaime it. The preaching of the Gospel, is a work that Christ thought not himself too good for, Sometimes to many, sometimes to one or two as he had opportunity; often with tears; and alwaies with earnestness and compassion, did he go about doing good, and seeking the lost, and healing the diseased, and calling men to Faith, and Repentance, and offering them the Grace, and Life which he purchased.
7. And he was pleased also to seal up his Doctrine by his Works, casting out Devils, healing all diseases, raising the the dead, and working divers other Miracles, to assure them that he came from God, and did his Work, and revealed his Will, that so the world might have no excuse for their unbelief; but that they that would not believe upon any other account, might yet believe him for the sake of his works, Joh. 3. 2. Acts 2. 22. Heb. 2. 4.