A26951:1669
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.
35. Next must distinctly be considered, the preaching, and converting, and baptizing part of the ministerial Office; 1. As in the Apostles: 2. And in their successors to the end; with the nature of Baptism, and the part of Christ, and of the Minister, and of the baptized in that Covenant.
36. And then the description of the universal Church, which the baptized constitute.
37. Next is to be described the state of Christians after Baptism: 1. Relative, 1. In Pardon, Reconciliation, Justification, 2. Adoption. 2. Physical, in the Spirit of Sanctification.
38. Where is to be opened 1. The first sanctifying work of the Spirit: 2. Its after-helps and their conditions. 3. All the duties of Holiness, primitive and medicinal towards God, our selves and others.