A26951:1635
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
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. Beyond these the first thing known both for certainly and for excellency, is, that there is a God.
3. This God is to be known as one Being in his three Essential Principles, Vital Power, Intellect and Will.
4. And these as in their Essential Perfections, Omnipotency, Wisdom and Goodness (or Love.)
5. And also in his perfections called Modal and Negative, &c. (as Immensity, Eternity, Independency, Immutability, &c.)
5. And also in his perfections called Modal and Negative, &c. (as Immensity, Eternity, Independancy, Immutability, &c.)