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A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ...…
A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Francis Tyton, 1662
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Direct. 5. Obey the sanctifying motions of the spirit: and if you have disobeyed, Repent; not despairing, but returning to obedience; but see that you live not in any known sin, which a sanctified will can enable you to avoid. Resist sins of passion; but most carefully take heed of sins of interest, deliberately chosen, and kept up▪ as necessary or good.
Direct 6. Make it the principal work of your Religion and your Lives, to inflame your hearts with the Love of God, as he is presented amiable in his wonderful Grace in Jesus Christ. Strive no further to ⟨p. 21⟩effect your hearts with Fears or Griefs, or other troubling passions, then as tendeth to the work of Love, or is a just expression of it. Go daily to promises, and mercies, and Christ, and Heaven, of purpose for fuel to kindle Love: Be much therefore in Thankfulness and Praise, which are works of Love. All goeth on sweetly, and easily, and acceptably, that is carried on by Love. That is the best soul, and likest to God, that hath most of Love to God and Godliness […] that is the best service, and likest to the work of […], that hath most of Love: Let the principal striving and pleading with your hearts be to kindle Love: and your principal complaints for the want of it.
Direct 6. Make it the principal work of your Religion and your Lives, to inflame your hearts with the Love of God, as he is presented amiable in his wonderful Grace in Jesus Christ. Strive no further to ⟨p. 21⟩effect your hearts with Fears or Griefs, or other troubling passions, then as tendeth to the work of Love, or is a just expression of it. Go daily to promises, and mercies, and Christ, and Heaven, of purpose for fewel to kindle Love: Be much therefore in Thankfulness and Praise, which are works of Love. All goeth on sweetly, and easily, and acceptably, that is carryed on by Love. That is the best soul, and likest to God, that hath most of Love to God and Godliness 〈…〉 that is the best service, and likest to the work of , that hath most of Love: Let the principal striving and pleading with your hearts be to kindle Love: and your principal complaints for the want of it.