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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
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.
So that there are but two states of life here: One of those ⟨p. 242⟩that walk after the flesh, and the other of those that walk after the spirit: However the flesh hath several materials and ways of pleasure: And even the Rational actings that have a carnal end, are carnal finally and morally, though they are acts of Reason; For they are but the errors of Reason, and defectiveness of true Rationality; and being but the acts of erroneous Reason as captivated by the flesh, and subservient to the carnal Interest, they are themselves to be denominated carnal: And so even the Reasonable soul as biassed by sensuality, and captivated thereto, is included in the name of [Flesh] in Scripture.
So that there are but two states of life here: One of those ⟨p. 242⟩that walk after the flesh, and the other of those that walk after the spirit: However the flesh hath several materials and waies of pleasure: And even the Rational actings that have a carnal end, are carnal finally and morally, though they are acts of Reason; For they are but the errours of Reason, and defectiveness of true Rationality; and being but the acts of erroneous Reason as captivated by the flesh, and subservient to the carnal Interest, they are themselves to be denominated carnal: And so even the Reasonable soul as byassed by sensuality, and captivated thereto, is included in the name of [Flesh] in Scripture.
How much Moral Good is in that course of Piety or Obedience to God, which proceedeth only from the Fear of Gods Judgements, without any Love to him, I shall not now discuss, because I have too far diggerest already.
How much Moral Good is in that course of Piety or Obedience to God, which proceedeth only from the Fear of Gods Judgements, without any Love to him, I shall not now discuss, because I have too far digrest already.