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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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3. And also to conclude from that evidence, that we are Gods children: And also to feel the inward comfort of that conclusion. But all this he doth by these means in a discursive or rational way, and by blessing such reasoning to our comfort.
4. Also he comforteth the soul in another way, distinct from the way of concluding from evidence; and that is by exciting the Love of God and his praises in us, which are of themselves delighting acts: But of this anon.
Direct. 10. Take heed of Heretical Seducers, who use to fish in troubled waters, and to fall in with such perplexed consciences, to persuade them that all the cause of their trouble is their opinions, and unsound Religion, and not in them; and that the only way to comfort, is to change their Religion, and to come over unto them.
Direct. 10. Take heed of Heretical Seducers, who use to fish in troubled waters, and to fall in with such perplexed consciences, to perswade them that all the cause of their trouble is their opinions, and unsound Religion, and not in them; and that the only way to comfort, is to change their Religion, and to come over unto them.