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The divine life in three treatises
The divine life in three treatises ... by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Francis Tyton, 1664
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8. In the way of Redemption the soul of man is formed to the most sweet and excellent temper, and his obedience cast into the happiest mould. The glorious demonstration of Love, doth animate us with Love to God; and the shedding abroad of his Love in our hearts by the spirit of the Redeemer, doth draw out our hearts in Love to him again: And the sense of his wonderful Love and Mercy filleth us with Thankfulness: so that Love is hereby made the nature of the new man; and Thankfulness is the life of all our obedience: For all floweth from these principles, and expresseth them: so that Love is the compendium of all Holiness in one word; and Thankfulness of ⟨p. 95⟩all Evangelical obedience. And it is a more sweet and excellent state of life, to be the Spouse of Christ, and his members, and serve God as friends and children, with Love and Thankfulness, then to serve him merely as the most loyal subjects, or with an obedience that hath less of Love.
8. In the way of Redemption the soul of man is formed to the most sweet and excellent temper, and his obedience cast into the happiest mold. The glorious demonstration of Love, doth animate us with Love to God; and the shedding abroad of his Love in our hearts by the spirit of the Redeemer, doth draw out our hearts in Love to him again: And the sense of his wonderful Love and Mercy filleth us with Thankfulness: so that Love is hereby made the nature of the new man; and Thankfulness is the life of all our obedience: For all floweth from these principles, and expresseth them: so that Love is the compendium of all Holiness in one word; and Thankfulness of ⟨p. 95⟩all Evangelical obedience. And it is a more sweet and excellent state of life, to be the Spouse of Christ, and his members, and serve God as friends and children, with Love and Thankfulness, then to serve him meerly as the most loyal subjects, or with an obedience that hath less of Love.
9. In the way of Redemption, Holiness is more admirably exemplified in Christ, then it was, or would have been in Adam. Adam would never have declared it in that eminency of Charity to others, submission to God, contempt of the world, self-denial, and conquest of Satan, as Christ hath done.