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Richard Baxter's Catholic theology plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriors who,…Richard Baxter's Catholick theologie plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriours who,…
Richard Baxter's Catholic theology plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriors who, 1. by contending about things unrevealed or not understood, 2. and by taking verbal differences for real,Richard Baxter's Catholick theologie plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriours who, 1. by contending about things unrevealed or not understood, 2. and by taking verbal differences for real,
London: printed by Robert White for Nevill Simmons, 1675
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 man is naturally a Lover of himself, and God will make him know that he hath no need of him, but it is himself that shall be the gainer if he obey, and the loser if he sin: even to Cain after his first sin God saith, If thou do well, shalt thou not be accepted? but if thou do evil, sin lieth at the door. Man is an Intellectual and free agent: and therefore God will set before him life and death, good and evil, Deut. 30. 15. and whether they will hear or not hear, he will send his word, Ezek. 2. 5. and they shall be told of such Motives as should suffice to prevail with men of reason. 8. Man hath many and great Temptations to overcome; And as they work morally toward his deceit and ruin, so God will suitably give him such Moral motives as are fittest to move him to resist them: And therefore he will offer man so full and sure and glorious a Reward, as is fit to disgrace all the offers of the Devil, and will make men know that his Rewards are such, as no pleasure or profit of sin should stand in any competition with. Yea, he himself who is God Allsufficient will be our exceeding great Reward, Gen. 15. 1. No wonder if Moses (like other believers) despised the honours of Pharaoh's Court, and chose rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season, because he had respect to the recompense of reward, Heb. 11. 25, 26. And Paul went towards death rejoicing in these hopes, that having fought a good fight, and finished his course, henceforth a Crown of Righteousness was laid up for him by God the Righteous Judge, 2 Tim. 4. 8. who is not unrighteous to forget his servants work and labour of Love. And all believers are therefore steadfast and unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, as knowing that their labour is not in vain in the Lord, 1 Cor. 15. 58. And they work out their salvation with fear and trembling, laying up a treasure in Heaven, Matth. 6. 20. and laying up a good foundation for the time to come, and pressing forward for the prize,