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The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb.…
The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb. 11, 1, formerly preached before His Majesty, and published by his command, with another added for the fuller application : the second is instructions for confirming believers in the Christian faith : the third is directions how to live by faith, or how to exercise it upon all occasions / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1670
Part 3 › Chapter 5: Directions how to live by Faith upon Gods Promises.
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.
Matth. 10.28, 29, 30, 31, 32. Fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul—Are not two Sparrows sold for a farthing, and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father: But the very hairs of your head are all numbered: Fear you not therefore; ye are of more value than many Sparrows. Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in Heaven — v. 39. He that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.
Matth. 19.29. And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my Names sake, shall receive an hundred-fold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
2 Thes. 1.4, 5, 6. Your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations which ye suffer, is a manifest token of the righteous judgement of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; and to you who are troubled, rest with us—when Christ shall come to be glorified in his Saints, and admired in all them that believe—
2 Thes. 1.4, 5, 6. Your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations which ye suffer, is a manifest token of the righteous judgement of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompence tribulation to them that trouble you; and to you who are troubled, rest with us—when Christ shall come to be glorified in his Saints, and admired in all them that believe—