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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 4: Directions how to exercise Faith upon Gods Commandments, for Duty.
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. 7. Remember how much Christ himself hath condescended, to be made a Means or Mediator to procure our obedience to God.
Direct. 7. Remember how much Christ himself hath condescended, to be made a Means or Mediatour to procure our obedience to God.
And surely that must be an excellent end, which Christ himself became a means to! He came to save his people from their sins, Mat. 1.21. And to call sinners to repentance, Luke 5.32. Mat. 9.13. Is Christ the Minister of sin? God forbid, Gal. 2.17. For this end was he revealed, that he might destroy the works of the Devil, 1 John 3.8. And he died to redeem and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works, Titus 2.14. Christ came as much to kill sin, as to pardon it: Judge therefore of the worth of obedience by the nobleness and dignity of the means.
And surely that must be an excellent end, which Christ himself became a means to! He came to save his people from their sins, Mat. 1.21. And to call sinners to repentance, Luke 5.32. Mat. 9.13. Is Christ the Minister of sin? God forbid, Gal. 2.17. For this end was he revealed, that he might destroy the works of the Devil,