A26919:31
The divine life in three treatises
The divine life in three treatises ... by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Francis Tyton, 1664
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
[THIS] That is, This which I am describing.
[LIFE] Life is taken sometime for the Souls abode in the Body, which is the Natural Life of man: or the souls continuation in its separated state, which is the Natural life of the soul: and sometimes for the Perfections of Natural life: And that either its Natural Perfection, that is, Its Health and Vivacity; or its moral perfection or Rectitude; and that is either in the Cause, and so God is our Life; Christ is our Life; the Holy Spirit is our Life: or in it self: and so Holiness is our Life in the Principle, Seed or Habit. Sometime Life is taken for the Work, Employment and Exercise of Life; and so a Holy Conversation, is our Moral, Spiritual, or holy life. And sometime it is taken for the Felicity of the living: And so it containeth all the former in their highest perfection, that is, both Natural Life, and Moral-Spiritual Life, and the holy exercise thereof, together with the full attainment and fruition of God in Glory, the End of all.
[LIFE] Life is taken sometime for the Souls abode in the Body, which is the Natural Life of man: or the souls continuation in its separated state, which is the Natural life of the soul: and sometimes for the Perfections of Natural life: And that either its Natural Perfection, that is, Its Health and Vivacity; or its moral perfection or Rectitude; and that is either in the Cause, and so God is our Life; Christ is our Life; the Holy Spirit is our Life: or in it self: and so Holiness is our Life in the Principle, Seed or Habit. Sometime Life is taken for the Work, Imployment and Exercise of Life; and so a Holy Conversation, is our Moral, Spiritual, or holy life. And sometime it is taken for the Felicity of the living: And so it containeth all the former in their highest perfection, that is, both Natural Life, and Moral-Spiritual Life, and the holy exercise thereof, together with the full attainment and fruition of God in Glory, the End of all.