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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.
1. A belief that God is, and that he is perfectly powerful, wise and good.
2. A belief that he is our Maker, and so our Owner, our Ruler, and our chief Good (initially and finally) delighting to do good, and the perfect felicitating end and object of the soul.
3. A belief that God hath expressed the benignity of his nature, by a Covenant or Promise of life to man.