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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
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.
More particular Directions may be as followeth.
Direct. 1. Understand well how much the fl•sh in this lapsed state is our enemy; and how much gulosity doth strengthen it against us; and how much of the work of grace lieth in resisting and overcoming it; and what need we have to serve the Spirit, and not to be helpers of the flesh: And the true consideration of these things may do much, Gal. 5.17, 18, 19, 22, 23. Rom. 8.6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13.
Direct. 1. Understand well how much the fl•sh in this laps•d state is our enemy; and how much gulosity doth strengthen it against us; and how much of the work of grace lyeth in resisting and overcoming it; and what need we have to serve the Spirit, and not to be helpers of the flesh: And the true consideration of these things may do much, Gal. 5.17, 18, 19, 22, 23. Rom. 8.6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13.
Direct. 2. Set your selves to the work of God according to your ⟨p. 473⟩several places; and live not idly: And then mark what helpeth or hindereth you in your work. If you play not the loitering hypocrites, but make your duties the serious business of all your lives, you will quickly find how inconsistent a brutish appetite, and a full belly, and a curious, costly, and time-wasting pampering of the flesh, is with such a Christian life.