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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.
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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.
II. After these three general Directions, I shall briefly name a few particular ones.
Direct, 1. Remember continually what you are, and what you were, what your bodies are, and will be; and what your souls are by the pollution of sin; and how close it still adhereth to you; and from how great a misery Christ redeemed you: He neither knoweth his body, nor his soul, his sin, or misery, nor Christ, nor grace, who is a servant unto Pride.