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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.
As we have our derived Being from God who is the Primitive Eternal Being; so from our Being given by Creation, God is Related to us as our Maker; From this Relation of a Creator in Unity, there ariseth a Trinity of Relations: This Trinity is in that Unity, and that Unity in this Trinty. First God having made us of nothing, is necessarily Related to us as our Lord; By a Lord we mean strictly, a Proprietary or Owner, as you are the Owner of your goods or any thing that is your Own.
As we have our derived Being from God who is the Primitive Eternal Being; so from our Being given by Creation, God is Related to us as our Maker; From this Relation of a Creator in Unity, there ariseth a Trinity of Relations: This Trintty is in that Unity, and that Unity in this Trinty. First God having made us of nothing, is necessarily Related to us as our Lord; By a Lord we mean strictly, a Proprietary or Owner, as you are the Owner of your goods or any thing that is your Own.
Secondly, He is Related to us as our Ruler, our Governor or King. This riseth from our nature, made to be Ruled in order to our End▪ being Rational Voluntary Agents; and also from the Dominion and blessed nature of God, who only hath Right ⟨p. 12⟩to the Government of the world, and only is fit and capable of Ruling it.
Secondly, He is Related to us as our Ruler, our Governour or King. This riseth from our nature, made to be Ruled in order to our End▪ being Rational Voluntary Agents; and also from the Dominion and blessed nature of God, who only hath Right ⟨p. 12⟩to the Government of the world, and only is fit and capable of Ruling it.