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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
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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.
3. If God have not your firm Resolution, he hath not indeed your Heart and Will: For to give God your Hearts and Wills, is principally by firm Resolving for him. And if God have not your Hearts, you are sure unconverted.
4. Moreover, if you are not firmly ⟨p. 451⟩Resolved, your Affections will not be sincere and steadfast. For all the Affections are such as to their sincerity, as the Will is, which doth excite or command them And nothing is more mutable then the Affections in themselves considered: They will be hot to day, and cold to morrow, if they be not rooted in the firm Resolution of the Will, which is the life of them.
4. Moreover, if you are not firmly ⟨p. 451⟩Resolved, your Affections will not be sincere and stedfast. For all the Affections are such as to their sincerity, as the Will is, which doth excite or command them And nothing is more mutable then the Affections in themselves considered: They will be hot to day, and cold to morrow, if they be not rooted in the firm Resolution of the Will, which is the life of them.