A26951:1799
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.
Some confound Gods Primary Attributes of Being, with his Relations, which are subsequent to his Works, and with his Relation-Attributes.
Some confound his several Relations to man, among themselves; and more do confound his Works, as they flow from these various Relations.
The great works of the Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier, and their several designs, significations, and effects, are opened obscurely and in much confusion.
The Legislative Will of God de debi•• institutive, (which is it that Damascene, Chrysostom, and the School-men mean by his Antecedent will, if they speak properly) which ever goeth before mans actions (duties or sins, or as the Fathers called them merits or demerits) is confounded by many with the acts of his Judgment and Execution (called his consequent Will, because it ever presupposeth mens precedent actions:) Or, his works, as Law-giver, Judge and Executioner, are oft confounded.
The Legislative Will of God de debi•• institutive, (which is it that Damascene, Chrysostome, and the School-men mean by his Antecedent will, if they speak properly) which ever goeth before mans actions (duties or sins, or as the Fathers called them merits or demerits) is confounded by many with the acts of his Judgment and Execution (called his consequent Will, because it ever presupposeth mens precedent actions:) Or, his works, as Law-giver, Judge and Executioner, are oft confounded.