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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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But God hath yet done none of this, but hath patiently forborne thee, and mercifully upheld ••e•, and give thee that breath which thou didst breathe out against him, and give those mercies which thou didst sacrifice to thy flesh; and afforded thee that provision which thou spentest to satisfy thy greedy throat: he gave thee every minute of that time which thou didst waste in idleness or drunkenness, or worldliness; and doth not all his patience and mercy show that he desired not thy damnation? Can the candle burn without the oil? Can your houses stand without the earth to bear them? As well as you can live and hour without the support of God. And why did he so long support thy life, but to see when thou wouldst bethink thee of the folly of thy ways, and return and live? Will any man purposely put arms into his enemies hands to resist him, or hold a candle to a murderer that is killing his children, or to an idle servant that plays or ⟨p. 48⟩sleeps the while? Surely it is to see whether thou wilt at last return and live, that God hath so long waited on thee.
But God hath yet done none of this, but hath patiently forborn thee, and mercifully upheld ••e•, and give thee that breath which thou didst breathe out against him, and give those mercies which thou didst sacrifice to thy flesh; and afforded thee that provision which thou spentest to satisfy thy greedy throat: he gave thee every minute of that time which thou didst waste in idleness or drunkenness, or worldliness; and doth not all his patience and mercy shew that he desired not thy damnation? Can the candle burn without the oil? Can your houses stand without the earth to bear them? As well as you can live and hour without the support of God. And why did he so long support thy life, but to see when thou wouldst bethink thee of the folly of thy ways, and return and live? Will any man purposely put arms into his enemies hands to resist him, or hold a candle to a murderer that is killing his children, or to an idle servant that plays or ⟨p. 48⟩sleeps the while? Surely it is to see whether thou wilt at last return and live, that God hath so long waited on thee.