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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 8
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7. And hence is follows, that they are several sorts of duties, and exercises, usually that these several sorts of persons ⟨p. 339⟩are most addicted to. The sound Convert is most addicted to those Spiritual means, that tend most to the strengthening of his Faith, and warming his heart with the Love of God, and promoting Holiness, and destroying sin. But the Opinionist delighteth most in those means that tend to ••rnish him with speculative Knowledge, and discourse, and to satisfy his fancy, or curious mind. The sound Convert is much addicted to Prayer, even in secret, and to Heavenly Meditations, and gracious discourse. But the Opinionist is much more addicted to reading Histories, or Controversies, or dogmatical Divinity, or Civil, and Political matters. The sound Convert savoureth best those Preachers, and Books, that speak the most weighty, Spiritual Truths, in the most weighty, Spiritual manner, in Power, and Demonstration of the Spirit: But the Opinionist relisheth those Preachers, and Books most, that either speak curiously to please the ear, or exactly, and learnedly to please the natural intellect, or that speak for the Opinions, or partly that he is addicted to: But others, he hath less mind of.
7. And hence is follows, that they are several sorts of duties, and exercises, usually that these several sorts of persons ⟨p. 339⟩are most addicted to. The sound Convert is most addicted to those Spiritual means, that tend most to the strengthning of his Faith, and warming his heart with the Love of God, and promoting Holiness, and destroying sinne. But the Opinionist delighteth most in those means that tend to ••rnish him with speculative Knowledg, and discourse, and to satisfie his fansie, or curious mind. The sound Convert is much addicted to Prayer, even in secret, and to Heavenly Meditations, and gracious disourse. But the Opinionist is much more addicted to reading Histories, or Controversies, or dogmatical Divinity, or Civil, and Political matters. The sound Convert savoureth best those Preachers, and Books, that speak the most weighty, Spiritual Truths, in the most weighty, Spiritual manner, in Power, and Demonstration of the Spirit: But the Opinionist relisheth those Preachers, and Books most, that either speak curiously to please the eare, or exactly, and learnedly to please the natural intellect, or that speak for the Opinions, or partly that he is addicted to: But others, he hath less mind of.