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The grand question resolved, what we must do to be saved instructions for a…
The grand question resolved, what we must do to be saved instructions for a holy life / by the late Reverend Divine, Mr. Richard Baxter ; recommended to the bookseller a few days before his death to be immediately printed for the good of souls.
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1692
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.
Answ. God through Jesus Christ, doth freely give to all Mankind, himself, to be their Reconciled God and Father, his Son to be their Saviour, and his Holy Spirit to be their Sanctifier, if they will believe and accept the Gift, and will give up themselves to him accordingly▪ Repenting of their sins, and consenting to forsake th• Devil, the World, and the Flesh, and sincerely▪ (though not perfectly) to obey Christ▪ and his Spirit to the end, according to the Law of Nature, and his Gospel Institutions, that they may be glorified in Heaven for ever.
Quest. 6. What believe you of the Holy Ghost?
Answ. God the Holy Spirit was given by the Father and the Son to the Prophets, Apostles, and Evangelists; to be their Infallible Guide in Preaching and Recording, the Doctrine of Salvation; and the Witness of its certain Truth by his manifold Divine Operations▪ And he is given, to quicken, illuminate, and sanctify all true Believers, and to save them from the Devil, the World, and the Flesh.
Answ. God the Holy Spirit was given by the Father and the Son to the Prophets, Apostles, and Evangelists; to be their Infallible Guide in Preaching and Recording, the Doctrine of Salvation; and the Witness of its certain Truth by his manifold Divine Operations▪ And he is given, to quicken, illuminate, and sanctifie all true Believers, and to save them from the Devil, the World, and the Flesh.