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A treatise of self-denial. By Richard Baxter, pastor of the church at KidderminsterA treatise of self-denial. By Richard Baxter, pastor of the church at Kederminster
London: printed by Robert White for Nevil Simmons, 1675
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.
Dir. 2. Get a deep impression and lively sense of the matters of God upon the heart. For a man never talks heartily, that talks not from the Heart. He that is full of the Love of God, possessed of the Spirit of Christ, taken up with the riches of grace and of glory, will scarce want matter to talk of, nor an holy disposition to set him a work: For the Word of God will be as a fire in his heart; he will be weary with forbearing, till the flames burst out, Psal. 119. 11. & 40. 8. & 57. 7. & 119. 111. & 39. 3. Jer. 20. 9. The hearty experienced Christian is usually the fruitful Christian in word and deed.
Dir. 3. Preserve a tender conscience, that may check you when you begin to turn to vanity. The fear of God is the souls preserver, Psal. 19. 9. Prov. 16. 6. & 23. 17.
Dir. 4. Walk as before the Lord: Live, and think, and speak as in his presence. If the presence of an Angel would call you off from idle words, what then should the presence of God himself do! Dare you run on in idle foolish prating when you remember that he heareth you?