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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 in the Gospel the Promises of our first Justification and Adoption, and of our after pardon, and of our Justification at Judgement, and of our additional degrees of grace, and of our freedom from chastisements, have some difference in the conditions, though true Christianity be the main substance of them all. Mere Christianity, or true consent to the Covenant, is the condition of our first Justification. And the continuance of this, with actual sincere obedience, is the condition of non-omission, or of continuance of this state of Justification: And the use of prayer and other means, is a condition of our further reception of more grace. And perseverance in true holiness with faith, is the condition of our final Justification and Glorification (of which more anon.)
And in the Gospel the Promises of our first Justification and Adoption, and of our after pardon, and of our Justification at Judgement, and of our additional degrees of grace, and of our freedom from chastisements, have some difference in the conditions, though true Christianity be the main substance of them all. Meer Christianity, or true consent to the Covenant, is the condition of our first Justification. And the continuance of this, with actual sincere obedience, is the condition of non-omission, or of continuance of this state of J•stification: And the use of prayer and other means, is a condition of our further reception of more grace. And perseverance in true holiness with faith, is the condition of our final Justification and Glorification (of which more anon.)
Direct. 24. You can no further believe the fulfilling of any of these conditional Promises, than you know that you perform the condition.
It is presumption, and not faith, for an impenitent person to expect the benefit of those Promises, which belong to the penitent only: And so it is for him that forgiveth not others,