A Christian Directory

Name: A Christian Directory
Author: Richard Baxter

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.

Richard Baxter 1615–1691London: printed by Robert White for Nevill Simmons, 1673

[35], 929, [5], 214 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. · 1.2M words · Wing B1219 · ESTC R21847

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Part 1 › Chapter 3 › Direction 8: DIRECT. VIII. Remember that you are Related to Christ as the Physician of your souls, a…Part 1 › Chapter 3 › Direction 8: DIRECT. VIII. Remember that you are Related to Christ as the Physicion of your souls, a…

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In both cases the understandings fault is either an utter privation of the act (or disposition to it), or else a privation of the rectitude of the act. When it should know by the proper evidence of the Thing, the privation of its act is called Ignorance or Nescience, and the privation of its rectitude is called, Error (which differ as not-seeing and seeing-falsely): When it should know by Testimony, the privation of its act is simple unbelief, or not-believing, and the privation of its rectitude is either Disbelief, (when they think the reporter erreth), or Mis-belief, when it believeth a Testimony that is not to be believed.

In both cases the understandings fault is either an utter privation of the act (or disposition to it), or else a privation of the rectitude of the act. When it should know by the proper evidence of the Thing, the privation of its act is called Ignorance or Nescience, and the privation of its rectitude is called, Error (which differ as not-seeing and seeing-falsly): When it should know by Testimony, the privation of its act is simple unbelief, or not-believing, and the privation of its rectitude is either Disbelief, (when they think the reporter erreth), or Mis-belief, when it believeth a Testimony that is not to be believed.

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So that you see by what is said, that the diseases of the Mind to be cured, are 1. Mere ignorance, 2. Error, thinking truth to be falsehood, and falsehood truth. 3. Unbelief: 4. Disbelief: and 5. Misbelief.

So that you see by what is said, that the diseases of the Mind to be cured, are 1. Meer ignorance, 2. Error, thinking truth to be falshood, and falshood truth. 3. Unbelief: 4. Disbelief: and 5. Misbelief.

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But as the Goodness is of chief regard in the object; so the discerning of the Truth about Good and

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

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