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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. 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?
Dir. 5. Keep out of the company of idle talkers, lest they entangle you in the sin: unless when you have a call to be among them, Prov. 13. 20. We are apt to let our discourse run with the stream.
Direct. 6. When you are with the ungodly, maintain in you a believing compassion to their souls; And then the sense of their condition will heal your discourse.