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A guide to Christ. Or, The way of directing souls that are under the…
A guide to Christ. Or, The way of directing souls that are under the work of conversion. Compiled for the help of young ministers: and may be serviceable to private Christians, who are enquiring the way to Zion. / By Solomon Stoddard, A.M. and Pastor of the church in Northampton. ; With an epistle prefixed, by the Reverend Dr. Increase Mather.
Boston: printed by J. Allen for N. Boone, 1714
Directions How to guide Souls through the Work of Conversion.
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3. To lead him into the understanding of his own badness, and insufficiency to help himself. This is an advantageous time to drive him out of himself, and bring on the work of Conversion. When he sees his own hypocrisy, the best way is to follow, till he is quite emptied of himself; it is good policy to improve a victory, and to help him to a thorough sight of himself, that he may be prepared for Christ.
3. To lead him into the understanding of his own badness, and insufficiency to help himself. This is an advantageous time to drive him out of himself, and bring on the work of Conversion. When he sees his own hypocrisie, the best way is to follow, till he is quite emptied of himself; it is good policy to improve a victory, and to help him to a thorow sight of himself, that he may be prepared for Christ.
SOMETIMES after a man has been seeking a while, and has passed through many Changes, there is reason to fear that he will leave off, he has a great deal of discouragement; others obtain, and he is left; God don't make the Word powerful on his heart, he don't get forward, and it may be perceived, that he is more slighty than he was. In this Case it is best,
SOMETIMES after a man has been seeking a while, and has passed thorow many Changes, there is reason to fear that he will leave off, he has a great deal of discouragement; others obtain, and he is left; God don't make the Word powerful on his heart, he don't get forward, and it may be perceived, that he is more slighty than he was. In this Case it is best,
1. To encourage him: for the discouragements that he is under, are a great cause of Apostasy; therefore it is best to hearten him up: the notion of the giant-like stature of the Canaanites, and the strength of their Walls, was a great inducement to Israel to entertain thoughts of returning back to Egypt. So it is in this