A26951:1986
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. It setteth you at enmity with God and holiness; because God controlleth and condemneth your beloved lusts: and because it is contrary to the carnal things which have your hearts▪
2. By this means it maketh men malignant enemies of the godly, and persecutors of them; because they are of contrary minds and ways. As then, he that was born after the flesh, persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now, Gal. 4.29. The world cannot love us, because we are not of the world, John 15.19, 20. Pride, covetousness and sensuality, are the matter which the burning Fever lodgeth in, which hath consumed so much of the Church of Christ.
2. By this means it maketh men malignant enemies of the godly, and persecutors of them; because they are of contrary minds and waies. As then, he that was born after the flesh, persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now, Gal. 4.29. The world cannot love us, because we are not of the world, John 15.19, 20. Pride, covetousness and sensuality, are the matter which the burning Feaver lodgeth in, which hath consumed so much of the Church of Christ.
4. It is the sin that hath corrupted the sacred Office of the Ministry throughout most of the Christian Churches in the world: And thereby caused both the Schisms and Cruelties, and the decay of serious godliness among them, which is their present deplorable case. Ignorant persons are like sick men in a Fever: They lay the blame on this and that, and commonly on that which went next before the paroxysm; and know not the true cause of the disease: We are all troubled (or should be) to see the many minds, the many ways, the confused state of the Christian Churches, and to hear them cry out against each other. And one layeth the blame on this party or opinion, and another on that: But when we come to our