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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 3: Directions to live by Faith on the Holy Ghost.
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. 28. Be much in the contemplation of the heavenly Glory; for there are the highest objects, and the greatest demonstrations of Gods Love and Goodness; and therefore in such thoughts we are most likely to meet with the Spirit with whose nature and design they are so agreeable.
We fall in with the heavenly Spirit in his own way, when we set our selves to be most heavenly. Heavenly thoughts are the work which he would set you on; and the Love of God is the thing which he works you to thereby: And nothing will so powerfully inflame the soul with the Love of God, as to think that we shall live in his Love and Glory for ever more. Set your selves therefore to this work, and it will be a sign that the Spirit sets you on it; and you may be sure that he will not be behind with you, in a work which both he and you must do. To this sense the Apostle bids us, pray in the Holy Ghost, Jude 20. Because though prayer must be from the Spirit, which is not in our power; yet when we set our selves to pray, it is both a sign that the Spirit exciteth, and a certain proof that he will not be behind with us, but will afford us his assistance.
Direct. 29. Converse with those who have most of the Spirit, as far as you can attain it.
Direct. 29. Conve•se with those who have most of the Spirit, as far as you can attain it.