A26951:327
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.
22. And what more convenient conditions could this Covenant have had, than [a believing and thankful Acceptance of the mercy, and a penitent and obedient following of our Redeemer unto everlasting life?]
23. And how convenient is it; that when our King is to depart from earth, and keep his residence in the Court of Heaven, he should appoint his Officers to manage the humane part of his remaining work on earth? And that some should do the extraordinary work, in laying the foundation, and leaving a certain Rule and Order to the rest, and that the rest should proceed to build hereupon; and that the wisest and the best of men, should be the Teachers and Guides of the rest unto the end.
24. And how necessary was it that our Sun in glory should continually send down his beams and influence on the earth? even the Spirit of the Father to be his constant Agent here below; and to plead his cause, and do his work on the hearts of men? and that the Apostles, who were to found the Church, should have that Spirit, in so conspicuous a degree, and for such various works of Wonder and Power, as might suffice to confirm their testimony to the world: And that all others as well as they to the end, should have the Spirit for those works of Love and Renovation, which are necessary to their own obedience and salvation.