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Directions for weak distempered Christians, to grow up to a confirmed state of grace…
Directions for weak distempered Christians, to grow up to a confirmed state of grace with motives opening the lamentable effects of their weaknesses and distempers / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Nevil Simmons, 1669
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Directions 1: DIRECTIONS TO THE CONVERTED, For their establishment, growth, and perseverance.
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.
5. Consider, that they are exceeding great helps and means, that you possess, to further your holiness and obedience to God: and therefore your holiness and obedience should also be exceeding great. You have all the Book of Nature to instruct you. Every Creature may teach you God, and calls ⟨p. 68⟩loud upon you to persuade your hearts yet nearer to him. Every work of disposing Providence is an instructor and persuader of you. Every leaf and line of Scripture is a guide or spur to you. You have Ministers able and willing to help you: You have the help of the Communion of Saints: the help of the examples of the good; and the warnings of the Judgments of God upon the wicked: the helps of Sermons, the helps of Sacraments; the helps of Prayer and holy Meditation and Conference; Mercies to encourage you; Afflictions to excite you. What more would you have? And yet will you be Infants, and do no more with all your helps? But this I touched upon before.
5. Consider, that they are exceeding great helps and means, that you possess, to further your holiness and obedience to God: and therefore your holiness and obedience should also be exceeding great. You have all the Book of Nature to instruct you. Every Creature may teach you God, and calls ⟨p. 68⟩loud upon you to perswade your hearts yet nearer to him. Every work of disposing Providence is an instructer and perswader of you. Every leaf and line of Scripture is a guide or spur to you. You have Ministers able and willing to help you: You have the help of the Communion of Saints: the help of the examples of the good; and the warnings of the Judgments of God upon the wicked: the helps of Sermons, the helps of Sacraments; the helps of Prayer and holy Meditation and Conference; Mercies to encourage you; Afflictions to excite you. What more would you have? And yet will you be Infants, and do no more with all your helps? But this I toucht upon before.