But O thou, that art the gracious Father of spirits, thou hast
sworn thou delightest not in the death of the wicked, but rather that they may turn
and live; deny not thy blessing to those persuasions and directions, and suffer
not thine enemies to triumph in thy sight; and the great deceiver of souls to prevail
against thy Son, thy Spirit, and thy Word! O pity poor unconverted sinners, that
have no hearts to pity themselves: Command the blind to see, and the deaf to hear,
and the dead to live, and let not sin and death be able to resist thee. Awaken the
secure, resolve the unresolved, confirm the wavering, and let the eyes of
sinners, that read these lines, be next employed in weeping over their sins; and
bring them to themselves and to thy Son, before their sins have brought them to
perdition. If thou sayst but the word, these poor endeavours shall prosper to the
winning of many a soul, to their everlasting joy, and everlasting glory. Amen.
- Richard Baxter (A Call to the Unconverted, Sermon 4)
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