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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.
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2. And the evil examples even of Apostles are to be avoided, as all other evil examples recorded in the Scriptures are; such as Peters denial of his Lord, and the Disciples all forsaking him, and Peters sinful separation and dissimulation, and Barnabas's with him, Gal. •. And the falling out of Paul and Barnabas, &c.
3. And the history of indifferent actions, or those which were the performance but of a temporary duty, are instructing to us, but not examples which we must imitate. It is no divine Faith which forgeth an object or rule to it self. Whatsoever example we will prove to be obligatory to us to imitate, we must either prove, 1. That it was an execution of Gods own commission, which had a promise of infallible guidance: Or 2, That it was done according to some former Law of God, which is common to them and us. (As the first must be the revealing of some duty extended to this age, as well as that.)
Direct. 12. Faith must make great use of Scripture examples, both for motive and comfort, when we find their case to be the same with ours.