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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.
HEBREWS 11.1. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Though the wicked are distinguished into Hypocrites and Unbelievers, yet Hypocrites themselves are Unbelievers too. They have no faith which they can justify, by its prevailing efficacy and works: and therefore have no faith by which they can be justified. Because their discovery is needful to their recovery, and all our salvation depends on the sincerity of our faith. I have chosen this text, which is a description of faith, that the opening of it may help us for the opening of our hearts, and resolving the great question, on which our endless life depends.
THough the wicked are distinguished into Hypocrites and Ʋnbelievers, yet Hypocrites themselves are Ʋnbelievers too. They have no faith which they can justifie, by its prevailing efficacy and works: and therefore have no faith by which they can be justified. Because their discovery is needful to their recovery, and all our salvation depends on the sincerity of our faith. I have chosen this text, which is a description of faith, that the opening of it may help us for the opening of our hearts, and resolving the great question, on which our endless life depends.
To be a Christian, and to be a Believer in Christ, are words in Scripture of the same signification. If you have not faith, you are not Christians. This faith hath various offices and