A26951:1761
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.
23. But in things merely indifferent, it is a sin to do them doubtingly; because you may be sure it is no sin to forbear them, Rom. 14.23. 1 Cor. 8.13, 14.
23. But in things meerly indifferent, it is a sin to do them doubtingly; because you may be sure it is no sin to forbear them, Rom. 14.23. 1 Cor. 8.13, 14.
24. An erring Judgment entangleth a man in a necessity of sinning (till it be reformed) whether he act or not ▪ according to it. Therefore if an erring person ask, What am I bound to? the true answer is, to lay by your error, or reform your Judgment first, and then to do accordingly▪ and if he ask an hundred times over [But what must I do in case I cannot change my Judgment?] the same answer must be given him, [God still bindeth you to change your Judgment, and hath given you the necessary means of information; and therefore he will not take up with your supposition, that you cannot: His Law is a fixed Rule, which telleth you what you must believe, and choose, and do: And this Rule will not change, though you be blind, and say, I ⟨p. 395⟩cannot change my mind. Your mind must come to the Rule, for the Rule will not come to your perverted mind: Say what you will, the Law of God will be still the same, and will still bind you to believe according to its meaning.]
24. An erring Judgment intangleth a man in a necessity of sinning (till it be reformed) whether he act or not according to it. Therefore if an erring person ask, What am I bound to? the true answer is, to lay by your errour, or reform your Judgment first, and then to do accordingly and if he ask an hundred times over [But what must I do in case I cannot change my Judgment?] the same answer must be given him, [God still bindeth you to change your Judgment, and hath given you the necessary means of information; and therefore he will not take up with your supposition, that you cannot: His Law is a fixed Rule, which telleth you what you must believe, and chuse, and do: And this Rule will not change, though you be blind, and say, I