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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
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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.
CHAP. III. The General Grand Directions for Walking with God, in a Life of Faith and Holiness: Containing the Essentials of Godliness and Christianity.
I Am next to Direct you in that Exercise of Grace, which is common to all Christians. Habits are for Use: Grace is given you, not only that you may have it, but also that you may Use it. And it is fit that we Direct you how to Use it, before we direct you how to know that you have it; because it is Grace in exercise that you must discern; and Habits are not perceived in themselves, but by their Acts: And the more lively and powerful the exercise is, the more easily is Grace perceived: So that this is the nearest and surest way to a Certainty of our own sincerity: He that Useth Grace most and best▪ hath most Grace: And he that hath most, and useth it most, may most easily be Assured that he hath it in sincerity and truth.
In these Directions, I shall begin with those great internal duties, in which the very Life of all Religion doth consist; and the General Practice of these Principles and Graces: and all these Generals shall be briefly set together for the easiness of Understanding and Remembering them. And then I shall give you such Particular Directions, as are needful in subordination to those Generals.
In these Directions, I shall begin with those great internal duties, in which the very Life of all Religion doth consist; and the General Practice of these Principles and Graces: and all these Generals shall be briefly set together for the easiness of Understanding and Remembring them. And then I shall give you such Particular Directions, as are needful in subordination to those Generals.