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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 5: Directions how to live by Faith upon Gods Promises.
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 2. Where Gods Promise hath given us security of the thing in particular; yet this general promise, and our prayer, are neither of them in vain. For 1. The general promise ⟨p. 247⟩doth both confirm our Faith in general, which is a help to us in each particular case; and also it directeth us to Christ as the means, in whose name we are to ask all things of the Father; and assureth us, that it is for his sake that God doth fulfil those particular promises to us. 2. And prayer in his Name, is the condition, way or means of the fulfilling them.
And 2. Where Gods Promise hath given us securi•y of the thing in particular; yet this general promise, and our prayer, are neither of them in vain. For 1. The general promise ⟨p. 247⟩doth both confirm our Faith in general, which is a help to us in each particular case; and also it directeth us to Christ as the means, in whose name we are to ask all things of the Father; and assureth us, that it is for his sake that God doth fulfil those particular promises to us. 2. And prayer in his Name, is the condition, way or means of the fulfilling them.
It is a very common error among many praying persons, to think that if they can but prove it their duty to ask such a thing, this promise telleth them, that they shall have it: But you see there is more necessary to the understanding of it than so.
It is a very common errour among many praying persons, to think that if they can but prove it their duty to ask such a thing, this promise telleth them, that they shall have it: But you see there is more necessary to the understanding of it than so.