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Directions for Weak Christians; And the Character of a Confirmed Christian, With a Preface by H.j. Sperling. 2 Pt. [in 1
Directions for Weak Christians And the Character of a Confirmed Christian With a Preface by Hj Sperling 2 Pt in 1 Author:Richard Baxter General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1835 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: THE CHARACTER OF A SOUND CONFIRMED CHRISTIAN; AS ALSO OF A WEAK CHRISTIAN, A SEEMING CHRISTIAN. WRITTEN TO IMPRINT UPON MEN S MINDS THE TRUE IDEA OR CONCEPTION OF GODLINESS AND CHRISTIANITY. SeconH Dart of 1!je Directions for 3Mcift Cfjristians. THE CHARACTER A SOUND CONFIRMED CHRISTIAN, In the explication of the text, which I made the ground of the foregoing discourse, I have shewed you that there is a degree of grace to be expected and sought after by all true Christians, which put- teth the soul into a sound, confirmed, radicated state, in comparison of that weak, diseased, tottering condition, which most Christians now continue in. And I have shewed you how desirable a state that is, and what calamities follow the languishing, unhealthful state even of such as may be saved. And, indeed, did we but rightly understand how deeply the errors and sins of many well-meaning Christians have wounded the interest of religion in this age; and how heinously they have dishonoured God, and caused the enemies of holiness to blaspheme, and hardened thousands in popery and ungodliness, in probability to their perdition: had we well observed when God's judgments have begun, and understood what sins have caused our wars, and plagues, and names; and, worse than allthese, our great heart-divisions, and church-distractions, and convulsions; we should ere this have given over the flattering of ourselves and one another in such a heaven-provoking state; and the ostentation of that little goodness, which hath been eclipsed by such lamentable evils. And instead of these, we should have betaken ourselves to the ex...« less