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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.
1. Think well •f the nature of your souls, of their faculties or powers, their excellency, and their proper use: And then you will find, that you are not mere brutes, who know not their Creat•ur, nor live no• by a Law, nor think not of another world; nor ••ar any ••fferings after death: But that you have reason, free-will, and executive power to kn•w your Maker, and to live by •ule, a•d to hope for a Reward in another life, and to fear a p•n•shme•t hereafter. And that as no wise Artificer maketh any thing in vain; so God is m•ch less to be thought to hav• given you such souls and faculties in vain.
1. Think well •f the nature of your souls, of their faculties or p•wers, their excellency, and their proper use: And then you will find, that you are not meer brutes, who know not their Creat•ur, nor live no• by a Law, nor think not of another world; nor ••ar any ••fferings after death: But that you have reas•n, free-will, and executive power to kn•w your Maker, and to live by •ule, a•d to hope for a Reward in another life, and to fear a p•n•shmet hereafter. And that as no wise Artificer maketh any thing in vain; so God is mch less to be thought to hav given you such souls and faculties in vain.