Of Saving Faith: That It Is Not Only Gradually, but Specifically Distinct From All Common Faith (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Richard Baxter

9780483285231: Of Saving Faith: That It Is Not Only Gradually, but Specifically Distinct From All Common Faith (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0483285234 ISBN 13: 9780483285231

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Saving Faith and the Distinction from Common Grace—what prepares the heart for grace

This edition examines how saving grace differs from common grace, and why God’s divine nature and the new creature mark a real change. It traces how preparatory and dispositive grace work with means, covenants, and divine Scripture to lead a person toward true saving faith.

The discussion stays concrete and practical, focusing on how grace operates in the soul, what roles education and life experience play, and how believers are urged to use the means God provides. It weighs arguments across different Protestant views while grounding conclusions in scriptural patterns and historical dialogue.

Learn the key difference between common grace and saving grace and how each operates in life.
Explore how means and divine instruction prepare the heart for grace without guaranteeing it.
Understand debates around covenant promises, baptism, and the use of spiritual means.
See how faith and love relate to the end of the soul and the effects of grace in practice.

Ideal for readers of theological reflection on grace, faith, and how God works in the heart.

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