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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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2. That he may not rest in any thing short of Jesus Christ M•n in such a Case are like a man drowning, ready to catch hold of any thing that comes near; they are ready to have a dependence upon their Privileges, upon their Parentage, upon their sorrow for their misspent life and upon their purposes to live better if God do raise them up again; he must be led into an understanding of the strictness of the Law of God and the vanity of all ca••l confidences.
2. That he may not rest in any thing short of Jesus Christ M•n in such a Case are like a man drowning, ready to catch hold of any thing that comes near; they are ready to have a dependance upon their Priviledges, upon their Parentage, upon their sorrow for their mispent life and upon their purposes to live better if God do raise them up again; he must be led into an understanding of the strictness of the Law of God and the vanity of all ca••l confidences.
3. That there is a glorious way of Life prepared by Christ Christ Jesus has fulfilled the Law, & wrought out Eternal Salvation for us, that the Gift of God is Eternal Life; and that the mercy of God is free, and God does not refuse any that do hearken to the Call of the Gospel, that God will as readily receive him if he comes to Christ, as if he were likely to live many years, and do service to God in the World.
And if his particular temptations may be discerned, care must be taken to remove them; if he be under any special discouragement or any flattering delusion, the snare if it be possible must be broken; he must be showed the vanity of that temptation. Such light must be held out, that if God will bless it he may be delivered.