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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 3 › Chapter 2: Directions how to live by Faith on Jesus Christ.
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.
Direct. 10. Hear every word of Scripture Precept; and Ministerial Exhortation (consonant to the Scripture) as sent to us by Christ, and from the Father by him, as the appointed Teacher of the Church.
Hear Christ in his Gospel and his Ministers, and hear God the Father in the Son. Take heed of giving only a slight and verbal acknowledgement of the voice of Christ, whilst you really are more taken with the Preachers voice, as if he had a greater share in the Sermon, than Christ hath. The voice in the holy Mount, which Peter witnesseth that he heard, 2 Pet. 1.17. was, This is my Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, hear ye him, Mat. 17.5. And it shall come to pass, that every soul which will not hear that Prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people, Acts 3.23. When ye received the Word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the Word of men, but as it is in truth the Word of God, which worketh effectually in you that believe, 1 Thes. 2.13. The Sheep will follow him, for they know his voice: a stranger they will not follow, John 10.4, 5.
Hear Christ in his Gospel and his Ministers, and hear God the Father in the Son. Take heed of giving only a slight and verbal acknowledgement of the voice of Christ, whilest you really are more taken with the Preachers voice, as if he had a greater share in the Sermon, than Christ hath. The voice in the holy Mount, which Peter witnesseth that he heard, 2 Pet. 1.17. was, This is my Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, hear ye him, Mat. 17.5