A26951:1868
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 12: How to use Faith against particular sins?
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.
CHAP. XII. How to use Faith against particular sins?
THE most that I have to say of this, is to be gathered from what went before, about Sanctification in the general. And because I have been so much longer than I intended, you must bear with my necessary brevity in the rest.
Direct. 1. When temptation setteth actual sin before you, or inward sin keeps up within, look well on God and sin together. Let Faith see Gods Holiness and Justice, and all that Wisdom, Goodness and Power, which sin despiseth. And one such believing sight of God, is enough to make you look at sin, as at the Devil himself; as the most ugly thing.
Direct. 2. Set sin and the Law of God together; and then it will appear to be exceeding sinful; and to be the crooked fruit of the tempting Serpent. You cannot know sin, but by the Law, Rom. 7.14, &c.