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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.
9. And the constant use of the Sacrament of the body and blood of Christ, hath according to his appointment, been an infallible tradition of his Covenant, and a means to keep him in remembrance in the Churches. For when all the Churches in the world have made this Sacramental Commemoration, and renewed covenanting with Christ as dead and risen, to be their constant public practice here, is a tradition of that faith and Covenant which cannot be counterfeit or false.
9. And the constant use of the Sacrament of the body and blood of Christ, hath according to his appointment, been an infallible tradition of his Covenant, and a means to keep him in remembrance in the Churches. For when all the Churches in the world have made this Sacramental Commemoration, and renewed covenanting with Christ as dead and risen, to be their constant publick practice here, is a tradition of that faith and Covenant which cannot be counterfeit or false.
10. To this we may add, the constant use of Discipline in these Churches: it having been their constant law and practice, to enquire into the faith and lives of the members, and to censure or cast out those that impenitently violated their Religion: which showeth, that de facto that Faith and Religion was then received; and is a means of delivering it down to us. Under which we may mention 1. Their Synods ⟨p. 132⟩and Officers. 2. And their Canons by which this Discipline was exercised.
10. To this we may add, the constant use of Discipline in these Churches: it having been their constant law and practice, to enquire into the faith and lives of the members, and to censure or cast out those that impenitently violated their Religion: which sheweth, that de facto that Faith and Religion was then received; and is a means of delivering it down to us. Under which we may mention 1. Their Synods ⟨p. 132⟩