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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 3
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See that you be much in the serious Consideration, of the Truths which you understand, betwixt God and you in secret.
I have often spoken of this heretofore; But because I apprehend it to be a point of exceeding great concernment, I shall ⟨p. 52⟩be longer on it again, then on the rest.
I have often spoken of this heretofore; But because I apprehend it to be a point of exceeding great concernment, I shall ⟨p. 52⟩be longer on it againe, then on the rest.
The greatest matters in the world will not work much upon him that will not think of them. Consideration opens the ear that was stopped, and the heart that was shut up: It sets the powers of the Soul awork, and wakeneth it from the sleep of incogitancy and security. The Thoughts are the first actings of the Soul, that set a work the rest. Thinking on the matters that must make us wise, & do the work of God on the heart, is that which lieth on us to do in order to our Conversion. By Consideration a sinner makes use of the Truth, which before lay by, and therefore could do nothing. By Consideration he taketh in the Medicine to his Soul; which before stood by, and could not work. By Consideration a man makes use of his Reason, which before was laid asleep, and therefore could not do it's work. When the Master's from home the Scholars will be at play. When the Coach-man is asleep, the Horses may miss the way, and possibly break his neck and their own. If the ploughman go his way, the Oxen will stand still, or make but bad unhandsome work. So when Reason is laid asleep, and out of the way, what ⟨p. 53⟩