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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.
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.
And because some few Sabbatarians among our selves do keep the old Sabbath only, and call still for Scripture proof for the institution of the Lords day; let me briefly tell them, that which is enough to evince their error. 1. That the Apostles were Officers immediately commissioned by Christ, to disciple the Nations, and to teach them all that Christ commanded, and so to settle Orders in the Church, Mat. 28.19, 20, 21. Acts 15. &c.
And because some few Sabbatarians among our selves do keep the old Sabbath only, and call still for Scrip•ure proof for the institution of the Lords day; let me briefly tell them, that which is enough to evince their errour. 1. That the Apostles were Officers immediately commissioned by Christ, to disciple the Nations, and to teach them all that Christ commanded, and so to settle Orders in the Church, Mat. 28.19, 20, 21. Acts 15. &c.
2. That Christ promised and gave them his Spirit infallibly to guide them in the performance of this commission (though not to make them perfectly impeccable) John 16.13.
3. That de facto the Apostles appointed the use of the Lords day for the Church Assemblies: This being all that is left to be proved, and this being matter of fact, which