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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 12
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.
2. Upon this special Illumination of the Soul, and the special Consideration with which it doth concur; the Deliberating ⟨p. 449⟩Soul is presently Resolved. And in these two Acts which always go together, consisteth the special Sanctifying Work: Even in the Illumination, and Estimation of the Understanding, and in the true Resolution of the Will.
2. Upon this special Illumination of the Soul, and the special Consideration with which it doth concurre; the Deliberating ⟨p. 449⟩Soul is presently Resolved. And in these two Acts which alwaies go together, consisteth the special Sanctifying Work: Even in the Illumination, and Estimation of the Understanding, and in the true Resolution of the Will.
2. The Determination of the Will, is its own free act, performed by its natural self determining power, procured by the special Grace of God (I mean in this special case) It followeth Deliberation. While we are unresolved, we Deliberate what to Resolve upon; that is, we are considering which is best and most eligible, and which not; and as we practically judg, we use to Determine, and to choose. And when this choice after Deliberation is peremptory and full, it's called Resolution.
2. The Determination of the Will, is its own free act, performed by its natural self determining power, procured by the special Grace of God (I mean in this special case) It followeth Deliberation. While we are unresolved, we Deliberate what to Resolve upon; that is, we are considering which is best and most eligible, and which not; and as we practically judg, we use to Determine, and to choose. And when this choice after Deliberation is peremtory and full, it's called Resolution.