A26892:7674
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 3 › Question 167: Quest. 167. How far do good men now Preach and Pray by the Spirit?
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.
2. Not so as to exclude the exercise of Reason, Memory or Diligence; which must be as much and more than about any common things.
3. Not so as to exclude the use and need of Scripture, Ministry, Sermons, Books, Conference, Examples, Use, or other means and helps.
But 1. The Spirit indited that Doctrine and Scripture which is our Rule for prayer and for preaching.
2. The Spirits Miracles and works in and by the Apostles seal that doctrine to us, and confirm1 our faith in it.
- 1Heb. 2. 3, 4. 1 Pe•. 1. 2, 22. 2 Thess. 1. 13. John 3. 5, 6. Rom. 8. 9.