A26951:281
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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14. Come not to this study in a melancholy or distracted frame of mind: For in such a case you are (ordinarily) incapable of so great a work, as the trial of the grounds of Faith: And therefore must live upon the ground-work before laid, and wait for a fitter time to clear it.
14. Come not to this study in a melancholy or distracted frame of mind: For in such a case you are (ordinarily) incapable of so great a work, as the tryal of the grounds of Faith: And therefore must live upon the ground-work before laid, and wait for a fitter time to clear it.
15. When new doubts arise, mark whether they proceed not from the advantage which the tempter findeth in your minds, rather than from the difficulty of the thing it self: And whether you have not formerly had good satisfaction against the same doubts which now perplex you: If so, suffer not every discomposure of your minds, to become a means of unbelief: And suffer not Satan to command you to dispute your faith ⟨p. 95⟩at his pleasure: For if he may choose the time, he may choose the success. Many a man hath cast up a large account well, or written a learned Treatise or Position well, who cannot clear up all objected difficulties on a sudden, nor without Books tell you all that he before wrote; especially if he be half drunk or sleepy, or in the midst of other thoughts o• business.
15. When new doubts arise, mark whether they proceed not from the advantage which the tempter findeth in your minds, rather than from the difficulty of the thing it self: And whether you have not formerly had good satisfaction against the same doubts which now perplex you: If so, suffer not every discomposure of your minds, to become a means of unbelief: And suffer not Satan to command you to dispute your faith ⟨p. 95⟩