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A call to the unconverted, to turn and live
A call to the unconverted, to turn and live; and accept of mercy, while mercy may be had; as they ever would find mercy, in the day of extremity from the living God. / By his unworthy servant, Richard Baxter.
Philadelphia: printed for Matthew Carey, 1795Philadelphia: printed for Mathew Carey, 1795
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On the contrary, the converted soul having felt himself undone by sin and perceiving that he hath lost his peace with God, and hopes of heaven, and is in danger of everlasting misery, doth thankfully entertain the tidings of redemption, and believing in the Lord Jesus as his only Saviour, resigning up himself to him for wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and redemption. He taketh Christ as the life of his soul, and liveth by him, and useth him as […] salve for every sore, admitting the wisdom and love of God in this wonderful work of man's redemption. In a word, Christ doth even dwell in their heart by faith, and the life that he now liveth is by the faith of the Son of God, that hath loved him, and gave himself for him, yea, it is not so much he that liveth, as Christ in him. For these, see Job. i. 11, 12. and iii. 19, 20. Rom. viii. 9. Phil. iii. 7, 8, 9, 10. Gal. ii. 20. Job xv. 2, 3, 4.1 Cor. i. 20. and ii. 2.
On the contrary, the converted soul having felt himself undone by sin and perceiving that he hath lost his peace with God, and hopes of heaven, and is in danger of everlasting misery, doth thankfully entertain the tidings of redemption, and believing in the Lord Jesus as his only Saviour, resigning up himself to him for wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and redemption. He taketh Christ as the life of his soul, and liveth by him, and useth him as 〈…〉 salve for every sore, admitting the wisdom and love of God in this wonderful work of man's redemption. In a word, Christ doth even dwell in their heart by faith, and the life that he now liveth is by the faith of the Son of God, that hath loved him, and gave himself for him, yea, it is not so much he that liveth, as Christ in him. For these, see Job. i. 11, 12. and iii. 19, 20.