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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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5. The Truth of God must teach us to hate every Motion to Unbelief in our selves and others: It is a heinous sin to give God the Lye, though he speak to us but by his messengers: Every honest man, so far as he is honest, is to be believed: and ⟨p. 142⟩is God less true? A graceless Gallant will challenge you the field for the dishonour, if you give him the Lye. If you deny Gods Veracity, you do not only equal him with the worst of men, but with the Devil, who was a Liar from the beginning. Yea you make him uncapable of being the Governor of the world, or suppose him to Govern it by Deceits and Lies. Abhor therefore the first motions of Unbelief. It makes men somewhat worse than Devils; for the Devils know that God cannot lye, and therefore they believe and tremble. Unbelief of the Truth of the Word of God, is the curse of the soul; the enemy and bane of all Grace and Religion, so far as it prevaileth: Let it be the principal care and labour of your souls, to settle the foundation of your Faith aright, and to discern the Evidence of Divine Authority in the holy Scriptures, and to extirpate the remnants of Infidelity in your hearts.
5. The Truth of God must teach us to hate every Motion to Unbelief in our selves and others: It is a hainons sin to give God the Lye, though he speak to us but by his messengers: Every honest man, so far as he is honest, is to be believed: and ⟨p. 142⟩is God less true? A graceless Gallant will challenge you the field for the dishonour, if you give him the Lye. If you deny Gods Veracity, you do not only equal him with the worst of men, but with the Devil, who was a Lyer from the beginning. Yea you make him uncapable of being the Governour of the world, or suppose him to Govern it by Deceits and Lyes. Abhor therefore the first motions of Unbelief. It makes men somewhat worse than Devils; for the Devils know that God cannot lye, and therefore they believe and tremble. Unbelief of the Truth of the Word of God, is the curse of the soul; the enemy and bane of all Grace and Religion, so far as it prevaileth: Let it be the principal care and labour of your souls, to settle the foundation of your Faith aright, and to discern the Evidence of Divine Authority in the holy Scriptures, and to extirpate the remnants of Infidelity in your hearts.