A26892:7630
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. 163. Is the Scripture to be tried by the Spirit, or the Spirit by the Scripture, and which of them is to be preferred.
Quest. 163. Is the Scripture to be tryed by the Spirit, or the Spirit by the Scripture, and which of them is to be preferred.
Answ. I Put the question thus confusedly, for the sake of those that use to do so, to show them how to get out of their own Confusion. You must distinguish, 1. Between the Spirit in it self considered, and the Scripture in it self. 2. Between the several operations of the Spirit. 3. Between the several persons that have the Spirit. And so you must conclude,
Answ. I Put the question thus confusedly, for the sake of those that use to do so, to shew them how to get out of their own Confusion. You must distinguish, 1. Between the Spirit in it self considered, and the Scripture in it self. 2. Between the several operations of the Spirit. 3. Between the several persons that have the Spirit. And so you must conclude,
1. That the Spirit in it self is infinitely more excellent than the Scripture. For the Spirit is God, and the Scripture is but the work of God.