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The right method for a settled peace of conscience, and spiritual comfort in 32…
The right method for a settled peace of conscience, and spiritual comfort in 32 directions : written for the use of a troubled friend / and now published by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed for T. Underhil, 1653
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.
3. Conscience is a Witness and Judge within us; and doth as under God Accuse and Condemn, or Excuse and Acquit: Now if Conscience must absolve us only so far as we are Innocent, or do well, or are qualified with Grace; then it is impossible but these our Qualifications and Actions should be some ground of our Comfort. See Acts 24.16. and 23.1. Rom. 2.15, 16.
4. Those which are our Graces and Works, as we are the Subjects and Agents, are the Graces and Works of God, of Christ, of the holy Ghost dwelling in us. If therefore we may not Rejoice in our own Works, or Graces, then we may not Rejoice in the Works or Gifts of God, Christ or the holy Ghost. And
4. Those which are our Graces and Works, as we are the Subjects and Agents, are the Graces and Works of God, of Christ, of the holy Ghost dwelling in us. If therefore we may not Rejoice in our own Works, or Graces, then we may not Rejoice in the Works or Guifts of God, Christ or the holy Ghost. And
5. Our Graces are the spiritual Life or Health of the soul, and our holy actions are the vital operations. Now Life and Health are necessary Rejoicing, delighting things of themselves: and vital Actions, are necessarily pleasant and delectable.
5. Our Graces are the spiritual Life or Health of the soul, and our holy actions are the vital operations. Now Life and Health are necessary Rejoycing, delighting things of themselves: and vital Actions, are necessarily pleasant and delectable.