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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 15: How to be poor in spirit. And how to escape the pride of Prosperity.
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.
And first of the Pride of the rich and prosperous.
PRIDE is a sin of so deep radication, and so powerful in the hearts of carnal men, that it will take advantage of any condition, but Riches and Prosperity are its most notable advantage. As the boat riseth with the water; so do such hearts rise with their estates. Therefore saith the Apostle, 1 Tim. 6.17. Charge the rich that they be not high minded. High-mindedness is the sin that you are first here to avoid. In order whereunto I shall give you now but these three general Directions.
Direct. 1. Observe the masks or covers of High-mindedness or Pride, lest it reign in you unknown. For it hath many covers, by which it is concealed from the souls that are infected, if not undone and miserable by it.
For instance: 1. Some think that they are not Proud, because that their parts and worth will bear out all the estimation which they have of themselves. And he that thinketh of himself but as he really is, being in the right, is not to be accounted proud.