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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.
5. It is contrary to the design of redeeming grace, which is to save the humble contrite soul.
6. It betrayeth men to a multitude of other sins (as vanity of mind, loss of time, neglect of duty, striving for preferment, quarrelling with others, upon matters of reputation or precedency, &c)
7. And it is a sin that God is specially engaged against, and the surest way to dejection and self frustration, 1 Pet. 5.5. James 4 6. Isa. 2.12. Prov. 15.22. & 16.5. & 21.4. Psal. 138 6. & 31.23. Job 40.11, 12. Luke 14.11. & 18.14.