Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor,
…as Paul’s ‘spirit was stirred within him, when he saw the Athenians wholly given to idolatry,’ so it should cast us into one of his paroxysms, to see so many men in the utmost danger of being everlastingly undone. Methinks, if by faith we did indeed look upon them as within a step of hell, it would…effectually untie our tongues.…He that will let a sinner go down to hell for want of speaking to him, doth set less by souls than did the Redeemer of souls.…O, therefore, brethren, whomever you neglect, neglect not the most miserable! Whatever you pass over, forget not the poor souls that are under the condemnation and curse of the law, and who may look every hour for the infernal execution, if a speedy change do not prevent it. O call after the impenitent, and ply this great work of converting souls, whatever else you leave undone.
