PREFACE. v i i •* everlasting fire of hell so visible, and represents the tormenting passions of the damned in those dreadful “ colours, that, if duly considered, would check and “ controul the unbridled licentious appetites of the “ most sensual wretches.” ver H sa e l a ly ve i n m ly p r o e r s ta t n is t a an su d b i je n c te t, re in sti i n ts g, ow an n d na a t t ur t e he so s u amni e time so truly engaging and delightful, as sufficiently accounts for the great acceptance which this book has met with ; and partly also for the uncommon blessing i wn h g ic t h he h su as bje a c tt t e , n b d o e t d h f Mro r m . B th a e x p te u r l ’s pit m a a n n d ne th r e o p f re t s r s e . a—t Por where are the operations -of divine grace more reasonably to be expected, or where have they in fact been more frequently discerned, than in concurrence with the best adapted means ? ' And should it appear, that persons of distinguishing judgment and piety; h si a o v n e s t e o xp t r h e e ssl h y ea a r s in cr g ib o e r d r t e h a e d i i r ng fir t s h t e r i e m lig p i o o r u t s an i t m s p e r n e t s iments contained in this book; or, after a long series of years, have found it both the counterpart and the improvement of their own divine life, will not this be thought a considerable recommendation of the book itself? Among the instances of persons that dated their true conversion from hearing the sermons on the Saint’s Rest, when Mr. Baxter first preached them, was the Rev. Tho. Doolittle, M. A. who was a native of Kidderminster, and at that time a scholar, about s w e a v r e d n s te s e e n nt ye t a o rs P o e l md; br wok ho e m ha M ll, r. in Ba C x a te m r b h r i i mdg s e e , lf w a h ft e e r r e s h i e ty t , oo h k e whi a s s d u eg p r o e n e. tri B al efo as re a h n is a g tt o o i r n n g ey to ’s th cl e er u k n , iv a e n r d under that character being ordered by his master to write something on the Lord’s day, he obeyed with great reluctance, and the next day returned home, s w e i l t f h to an an e y ar t n h e in st g d a e s s t i h re e t e h m a p t l h o e ymm e i n g t h o t f n l o if t e a , p b p u ly t s h e i r mv ing Christ in the ministry of the gospel. His praise is yet in the churches, for his pious and useful labours, as a minister, a tutor, and a writer.
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