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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.
In the person of Christ, there is the most excellent Image of God. 1. Wonderful Power, by which he wrought miracles, and commanded Sea and Land, Men and Devils, and raised the dead, and raised himself; and is now the glorious Lord of all things. 2. Wonderful Wisdom, by which he formed his Laws, and Kingdom, and by which he knew the hearts of men, and prophesied of things to come. 3. Most wonderful Love and Goodness, by which he healed all diseases, and by which he saved miserable souls, and procured our happiness at so dear a rate.
In the person of Christ, there is the most excellent Image of God. 1. Wonderful Power, by which he wrought miracles, and commanded Sea and Land, Men and Devils, and raised the dead, and raised himself; and is now the glorious Lord of all things. 2. Wonderful Wisdom, by which he formed his Laws, and Kingdom, and by which he knew the hearts of men, and prophecied of things to come. 3. Most wonderful Love and Goodness, by which he healed all diseases, and by which he saved miserable souls, and procured our happiness at so dear a rate.
But as the essential Light of the Sun, is too glorious to be well observed by us; but the emitted Light is it which doth affect our eyes, and is the immediate object of our sight; at least that we can best endure and use; so the Essential Perfections of Jesus Christ, are not so immediately and ordinarily fit for our observation and use, as the lesser communicated beams, which he sent forth. And these are either such as were the ⟨p. 99⟩immediate effects of the Spirit in Christ himself, or his personal operations, or else the effects of his Spirit in others: And that is either such as went before him, or such as were present with him, or such as followed after him: Even as the emitted Light of the Sun, is either that which is next to its Essence; or that which streameth further to other creatures: And this last is either that which it sendeth to us before its own appearing or rising, or that which accompanieth its appearing, or that which leaveth behind it as it setteth or passeth away; so must we distinguish in the present case.