Richard Baxter's dying thoughts upon Phil. I, 23 written for his own life and…

§ 27. I do therefore neither despise Evidence as unnecessary, nor trust to it alone as the sufficient total cause of my belief: For if God's Grace do not open mine Eyes, and come down in power upon my Will, and insinuate into ⟨p. 65⟩it a sweet acquaintance with the things unseen, and a taste of their Goodness to delight my Soul, no Reasons will serve to stablish and comfort me, how undeniable soever: Reason is fain first to make use of notions, words or signs: and to know Terms, Propositions, and Arguments, which are but Means to the knowledge of Things, is its first employment, and that alas which Multitudes of Learned men do take up with: But it's the Illumination of God that must give us an effectual acquaintance with the Things Spiritual and Invisible, which these Notions signify, and to which our Organical Knowledge is but a Means.

§ 27. I do therefore neither despise Evidence as unnecessary, nor trust to it alone as the sufficient total cause of my belief: For if God's Grace do not open mine Eyes, and come down in power upon my Will, and insinuate into ⟨p. 65⟩it a sweet acquaintance with the things unseen, and a tast of their Goodness to delight my Soul, no Reasons will serve to stablish and comfort me, how undeniable soever: Reason is fain first to make use of notions, words or signs: and to know Terms, Propositions, and Arguments, which are but Means to the knowledg of Things, is its first employment, and that alas which Multitudes of Learned men do take up with: But it's the Illumination of God that must give us an effectual acquaintance with the Things Spiritual and Invisible, which these Notions signifie, and to which our Organical Knowledg is but a Means.

§ 28. To sum up all, That our Hopes of Heaven have a certain ground appeareth, I. From Nature, II. From Grace, III. From other works of Gracious Providence.