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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
Part 2 › Chapter 7: The means of making known all this infallibly to us.
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The first question is, whether this Doctrine and Religion indeed be the impress of Gods WISDOM, and his GOODNESS and POWER, supposing the truth of the historical part? This is it which I think that few reasonable persons will deny: For the doctrine is legible, and showeth it self.
The first question is, whether this Doctrine and Religion indeed be the impress of Gods WISDOM, and his GOODNESS and POWER, supposing the truth of the historical part? This is it which I think that few reasonable persons wil deny: For the doctrine is legible, and sheweth it self.
But the next question is it, which I am now to resolve, How we shall know that this Doctrine was indeed delivered by Christ and his Apostles, and these things done by them, which the Scriptures mention?
And here the first question shall be, How the Apostles, and all other the first witnesses, knew it themselves? For it is by every reasonable man to be supposed, that they who were present, and we who are 1668 years distance, could not receive the knowledge of the matters of fact, in the very same manner. It is certain that their knowledge was by their present sense and reason: They saw Christ and his miracles: They heard his words: They saw him risen from the dead: They discoursed with him, and eat and drunk with him: They saw him ascending up bodily to Heaven. They need no other Revelation to tell them what they saw, and heard, and felt.