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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.
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.
2. That in this way God is pleased many times to work Faith. Men are able to do many things in order to believing, and hereby they are put upon it to prepare for that; and in that way many have faith wrought in them. There have multitudes by the Blessing of God on the Preaching of the Gospel been brought to embrace Jesus Christ.
2. That in this way God is pleased many times to work Faith. Men are able to do many things in order to beliveing, and hereby they are put upon it to prepare for that; and in that way many have faith wrought in them. There have multitudes by the Blessing of God on the Preaching of the Gospel been brought to embrace Jesus Christ.
SOMETIMES the man says, he is afraid to do any thing in Religion; for whatever he does he is ready to trust to it: if he Prays, Fasts, ⟨p. 69⟩Reads, especially when he does those things with any affection; so he trusts in his Conscientiousness. In this Case he may be told,
SOMETIMES the man says, he is afraid to do any thing in Religion; for whatever he does he is ready to trust to it: if he Prays, Fasts, ⟨p. 69⟩Reads, especially when he does those things with any affection; so he trusts in his Conscienciousness. In this Case he may be told,
1. That he will not neglect his duty by any means. He must be sure to attend his duty whatever ill use his heart be ready to make of it; he must not scare himself from his duty, because he is ready to trust in it: Duty must be done, Gods Command must be attended, whatever be the consequence of it. Men may not take upon them to judge when it is best to attend Gods Command, and when it is dangerous, and so give themselves a dispensation from their duty; as men must not do evil that good may come of it; so they may not neglect good, lest evil come of that: Men must do their duty, and run the adventure of their hearts making a bad use thereof.