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Now or never the holy, serious, diligent believer justified, encouraged, excited and directed, and…
Now or never the holy, serious, diligent believer justified, encouraged, excited and directed, and the opposers and neglecters convinced by the light of Scripture and reason / by Richard Baxter ...
London : s.n., 1662
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.
When thou art making mention of his great and dreadful name, O do it with Reverence, and awe, and admiration: And take not the name of God in vain.
When thou art Reading his Word, let the Majesty of the Author, and the greatness of the matter, and the Gravity of the stile, possess thee with an obediential fear. Love it, and let it be sweeter to thee then the honey-comb, and preciouser then thousands of Gold and Silver. Resolve to do what there thou findest to be the will of God. When thou art praying in secret, or in thy family, Do it with thy might: Cry mightily to God, as a soul under sin, and wants, and danger, that is stepping into an endless life, should do. Let the reverence and the ⟨p. 44⟩fervour of thy prayers show that its God himself that thou art speaking to: that its Heaven it self that thou art praying for; Hell it self that thou art praying to be saved from. Wilt thou be dull and senseless on such an errand to the Living God? Remember what lieth upon thy failing or prevailing: and that it must be Now or Never.
When thou art Reading his Word, let the Majesty of the Author, and the greatness of the matter, and the Gravity of the stile, possess thee with an obediential fear. Love it, and let it be sweeter to thee then the honey-comb, and preciouser then thousands of Gold and Silver. Resolve to do what there thou findest to be the will of God. When thou art praying in secret, or in thy family, Do it with thy might: Cry mightily to God, as a soul under sin, and wants, and danger, that is stepping into an endless life, should do. Let the reverence and the ⟨p. 44⟩fervour of thy prayers shew that its God himself that thou art speaking to: that its Heaven it self that thou art praying for; Hell it self that thou art praying to be saved from. Wilt thou be dull and sensless on such an errand to the Living God? Remember what lieth upon thy failing or prevailing: and that it must be Now or Never.