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Compassionate counsel to all young men especially I. London apprentices, II. students of divinity,…
Compassionate counsel to all young men especially I. London apprentices, II. students of divinity, physic, and law, III. the sons of magistrates and rich men / by Richard Baxter.Compassionate counsel to all young men especially I. London apprentices, II. students of divinity, physick, and law, III. the sons of magistrates and rich men / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by T.S., 1681
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.
Qu. 2. And if you believe that there is a Governing God, do you not believe that he hath Governing Laws or notifications of his Will? and that we owe this God more full, more absolute, exact Obedience, than can be due to any Prince on Earth? And greater love than to our dearest friend, he being infinitely good and Love it self? Can you owe more to your Flesh, or to any, than to your God, that made you men, by whom you have Life, and Health, and time, and all the good that ever you received? And can you give him too much Love and Obedience? Or can you think that you need to fear being losers by him, and that your faithful Duty should be in vain?
Qu. 3. Is it God that needeth you, or you that need him? Can you give him any thing that he wants, or do you want what he hath to give? Can you live an hour without him? Or be kept without him from pain, misery, or death? Is it not for your own need, and your own good, that he requireth your service? Do you know ⟨p. 67⟩what his service is? It is thankfully to receive his greatest Gifts: To take his Medicines to save your Souls: To feast on his prepared comforts. He calls you to far better and needfuller Obedience for your selves, than when you command your Child to take his meat, or wear his clothes, or when he is sick, to take a necessary remedy. And is such Obedience to be refused?
Qu. 3. Is it God that needeth you, or you that need him? Can you give him any thing that he wants, or do you want what he hath to give? Can you live an hour without him? Or be kept without him from pain, misery, or death? Is it not for your own need, and your own good, that he requireth your service? Do you know ⟨p. 67⟩what his service is? It is thankfully to receive his greatest Gifts: To take his Medicines to save your Souls: To feast on his prepared comforts. He calls you to far better and needfuller Obedience for your selves, than when you command your Child to take his meat, or wear his cloaths, or when he is sick, to take a necessary remedy. And is such Obedience to be refused?