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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
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THE CHARACTER OF 1 A Sound Confirmed Christian, 2 And of the Weak C… › The Characters.
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XXVII. 1. A confirmed Christian is acquainted with the deceitfulness of mans heart, and the particular corrupt inclinations that are in it; and especially with his own; and he is acquainted with the wiles and methods of the tempter, and what are the materials which he maketh his ⟨p. 73⟩baits of, and what is the manner in which he spreadeth his nets: He seeth always some snares before him: And what company soever he is in, or what business soever he is about, he walketh as among snares, which are visible to his sight: And it is part of his business continually to avoid them. He liveth in a continual watch, and warfare. He can resist much stronger and subtle temptations, than the weak can do. He is always armed, and knoweth what are the special remedies, against each particular snare and sin. Eph. 6. 2 Cor. 2.11. Prov. 1.17. And he carrieth always his antidotes about him, as one that liveth in an infectious world, and in the midst of a froward and perverse generation, from which he is charged to save himself. Phil. 2.15. Act. 2.40.
XXVII. 1. A confirmed Christian is acquainted with the deceitfulness of mans heart, and the particular corrupt inclinations that are in it; and especially with his own; and he is acquainted with the wiles and methods of the tempter, and what are the materials which he maketh his ⟨p. 73⟩baits of, and what is the manner in which he spreadeth his nets: He seeth alwaies some snares before him: And what company soever he is in, or what business soever he is about, he walketh as among snares, which are visible to his sight: And it is part of his business continually to avoid them. He liveth in a continual watch, and warfare. He can resist much stronger and subtill temptations, than the weak can do. He is allwayes armed, and knoweth what are the special remedies, against each particular snare and sin.