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A Christian Directory
A Christian directory, or, A sum of practical theology and cases of conscience directing Christians how to use their knowledge and faith, how to improve all helps and means, and to perform all duties, how to overcome temptations, and to escape or mortify every sin : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.A Christian directory, or, A summ of practical theologie and cases of conscience directing Christians how to use their knowledge and faith, how to improve all helps and means, and to perform all duties, how to overcome temptations, and to escape or mortifie every sin : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by Robert White for Nevill Simmons, 1673
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Part 1 › Chapter 3 › Direction 15 › Directions for the glorifying God in our Lives.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
§. 38▪ Direct. 7. The Humility, and Meekness, and Patience of Christians, much honour God and their 1holy faith: as Pride and Passion, and Impatience dishonour him. Let men see that the Spirit of God doth cast down the devilish sin of Pride, and maketh you like your Master, that humbled himself to assume our flesh, and to the death of the Cross, and to the contradiction and reproach of foolish sinners, and made himself of no reputation, but endured the shame, of being derided, spit upon and crucified, Phil. 2. 7, 8, 9. Heb. 12. 2. and stooped to wash the feet of his Disciples. It is not stoutness and lifting up the head, and standing upon your terms, and upon your honour in the world, that is the honouring of God. When you are as little children, and as nothing in your own eyes, and seek not the honour that is of men, but say, Not to us O Lord, not to us, but to thy Name be the glory, Psal. 115. 1. and are content that your honour decrease and be trodden into the dirt, that his may increase, and his name be magnified; this is the glorifying of God. So when you show the world, that you are above the impotent passions of men; not to be insensible; but to be angry and sin not, and to give place to wrath, and not to resist and avenge your selves, Rom. 12. 19. and to be meek and lowly in heart, Matth. 11. 29. It will appear that you have the wisdom which is from above, if you be first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and hypocrisy, James 3. 17. But if you have hitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lye not against the truth (as if this were the wisdom from above which glorifieth God) For this wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual and devilish, v. 14, 15. A m••k and quiet ⟨p. 179⟩