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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.
And that is not those that are most for revelations or visions, or that pretend to extraordinary illuminations, or that set the Spirit against the Word; or that boast most of the Spirit, in contempt of others: But those who are most humble, most holy, and most heavenly; who love God most, and hate sin most. Converse with such as have most of the Spirit (of love and heavenliness) is the way to make you more spiritual; as converse with learned men is the way to learning: For the Spirit giveth his graces in the use of suitable means, as well as he doth his common gifts, Jude 20, 21. Heb. 10.24, 25. & 3.13. Ephes. 4.12, 15, 16.
Direct. 30. Lastly, The right ordering of the body it self is a help to our spirituality. A clean and a cheerful body is a fitter instrument for the Spirit to make use of, than one that is oppressed with crudities, or dejected with heavy melancholy. Therefore especially avoid two extremes: 1. The satisfying the lusts of the flesh, and clogging the body with excess of meat or drink, or corrupting the fantasy with foolish pleasures: 2. And the addicting your selves to distracting melancholy, or to any disconsolate or discontented thoughts.
Direct. 30. Lastly, The right ordering of the body it self is a help to our spirituality. A clean and a chearful body is a fitter instrument for the Spirit to make use of, than one that is opprest with crudities, or dejected with heavy melancholy. Therefore especially avoid two extreams: 1. The satisfying the lusts of the flesh, and clogging the body with excess of meat or drink, or corrupting the fantasie with foolish pleasures: 2. And the addicting your selves to distracting melancholy, or to any disconsolate or discontented thoughts.