A26892:7506
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.
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.
Quest. 147. How far is Tradition and mens Words and Ministry to be used or trusted in, in the exercise of faith?
Answ. 1. The Churches and Ministers received the Gospel in Scripture from the Apostles, and1 the Creed as the summary of faith: And they delivered it down to others, and they to us:
Answ. 1. THe Churches and Ministers received the Gospel in Scripture from the Apostles, and1 the Creed as the summary of faith: And they delivered it down to others, and they to us:
- 1Heb. 2. 3, 4. 2 Pet. 1. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. 2 John 1. 1, 1, 3, 4, 5. & 4. 6. 2 Tim. 2. 2. Titus 1. 5.
2. The Ministers by Office are the Instructors of the people in the meaning of it. And the keepers of the Scriptures, as Lawyers are of the Laws of the Land.