A26892:1944
A Christian Directory
A Christian directory, or, A sum of practical theology and cases of conscience directing Christians how to use their knowledge and faith, how to improve all helps and means, and to perform all duties, how to overcome temptations, and to escape or mortify every sin : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.A Christian directory, or, A summ of practical theologie and cases of conscience directing Christians how to use their knowledge and faith, how to improve all helps and means, and to perform all duties, how to overcome temptations, and to escape or mortifie every sin : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by Robert White for Nevill Simmons, 1673
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Part 1 › Chapter 4 › Part 5 › Signs of the worst part of PRIDE against GOD.
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.
§. 27. Sign 17. A proud man affecteth the reputation of Gods Immutability as well as his Infallibility: 1He will stand to an error when once he hath vented it, and resist the Truth when once he hath ⟨p. 235⟩appeared against it, to avoid the dishonour of being accounted Mutable, or one that formerly was deceived: His pride keepeth him from Repenting of any fault or error that he can but find a cloak for: If he have done wrong to God and mischief to the Church, he will do as much more to make it good, and justify it by any cruelty or violence. If he have once done you wrong, he will do more for fear of seeming to have wronged you: If he have slandered you, he will stab or hang you if he can, to justify his slander, rather than seem so mutable as to retract it.
§. 27. Sign 17. A proud man affecteth the reputation of Gods Immutability as well as his Infallibility: 1He will stand to an error when once he hath vented it, and resist the Truth when once he hath ⟨p. 235⟩appeared against it, to avoid the dishonour of being accounted Mutable, or one that formerly was deceived: His pride keepeth him from Repenting of any fault or error that he can but find a cloak for: If he have done wrong to God and mischief to the Church, he will do as much more to make it good, and justifie it by any cruelty or violence. If he have once done you wrong, he will do more for fear of seeming to have wronged you: If he have slandered you, he will stab or hang you if he can, to justifie his slander, rather than seem so mutable as to retract it.
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§. 28. Sign 18. A proud man affecteth a participation of Gods Omniscience, and is eager to know