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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.
So that my meaning is to let you understand, that when the Matter of our Faith is set open to the Soul, it is not a wavering fickle purpose, that is a saving closure with it, but it must be a firm Resolution. Much less will it ever bring a man to Heaven, to be thinking and deliberating what to do, as long as he is unresolved. And now I shall prove the Necessity of this.
II. Till you are Resolved, you are not Converted, and that appeareth by these Evidences. 1. If you are not firmly Resolved, it is certain that you do not firmly believe. For such as your Belief is, such will be the effects of it upon the Will. An unsound Opinionative belief, will produce but tottering, languishing purposes: but a firm belief will cause a firm Resolution of the Will. And if your belief be unsound, you must confess you are unconverted.
2. Moreover, if you do not esteem God above all Creatures, and Heaven above Earth, and Christ and Grace above sin, you are certainly unconverted. But if you have such a true estimation, you will certainly have a firm Resolution. For you will Resolve for that which you highly esteem.
2. Moreover, if you do not esteem God above all Creatures, and Heaven above Earth, and Christ and Grace above sinne, you are certainly unconverted. But if you have such a true estimation, you will certainly have a firm Resolution. For you will Resolve for that which you highly esteem.