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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.
Many an occasion may bring a text to our remembrance which concerneth us not, without the Spirit of God. Our own imaginations may do much that way of themselves. Try therefore what is the true sense of the text, before you build your conclusions on it.
But yet if indeed God bring to your minds any pertinent promise, I would not have you to neglect the comfort of it.
Direct. 12. Think not that God hath promised to all Christians the same degrees of grace; and therefore that you may expect as much as any others have.
D•rect. 12. Think not that God hath promised to all Christians the same degrees of grace; and therefore that you may expect as much as any others have.
Object. But shall not all at last be perfect? and what can there be added to perfection?