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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
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Direct. 4. Think what a base and swinish kind of sin it is, to be a slave to ones guts or appetite: And how far it is below, not only a Christian, but a man, and what a shame to humane nature.
Direct. 5. Look often to the grave, and observe those skulls into which once the pleasant meats and drinks were put; and those jaws that were so oft employed, in grinding for the belly: And remember how quickly this will be your case, and think then whether such a carcass deserve so much care, and cost, and curiosity, to the neglect and danger of an immortal soul.
Direct. 5. Look often to the grave, and observe those skulls into which once the pleasant meats and drinks were put; and those jaws that were so oft employed, in grinding for the belly: And remember how quickly this will be your case, and think then whether such a carkass deserve so much care, and cost, and curiosity, to the neglect and danger of an immortal soul.
Direct. 6. Lay a constant Law upon your appetite, and use it not to be pleased without cause and benefit; but use it to a wholesome, but not a full, a costly, a curious, or a delicious food: And use will make intemperance to be loathsome to you, and temperance to be sweet.