Excerpt from A Call to the Unconverted, to Turn and Live, and Accept Mercy, While Mercy May Be Had, as Ever They Will Find Mercy in the Day of Their Extremity, From the Living God: To Which Is Added, a Sketch of the Life of the Author IT may be proper to prefix an account of this book, given by Mr. Baxter himself, which was found in his study alter his death, in his own words. I published a short treatise on conversion, entitled, J! Call to the Uncom'ertcd. The occasion of this.was my converse with Bishop Usher, while I was at London, who approving my method and directions for peace of Can science, was importunate'with'me to write directions suit ed to the various states of Christians, and also against particular sins: I reverenced the man, but disregarded these persuasions, supposing I could do nothing but what is done better already But when he was dead, his words went deeper to my mind, and I purposed to obey his counsel; yet so as that to the first sort of men (the nu godly) I thought vehement persuasions meeter than di rections only and so for such I published this little book, which god hath blessed with unexpected success, be 7 yond all the rest that I have written, except The Saints' l. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.