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Richard Baxter's dying thoughts upon Phil. I, 23 written for his own life and…
Richard Baxter's dying thoughts upon Phil. I, 23 written for his own life and the latter times of his corporal pains and weakness.
London: printed by Tho. Snowden for B. Simmons, 1683
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It must be supposed, 1. That all God's gifts are free, and that he giveth not to all alike: The wonderful variety of Creatures proveth this. 2. The reasons of his differencing works are his own will, and inferior reasons are mostly unknown to us, of which he is not bound to give us an account.
It must be supposed, 1. That all God's gifts are free, and that he giveth not to all alike: The wonderful variety of Creatures proveth this. 2. The reasons of his differencing works are his own will, and inferiour reasons are mostly unknown to us, of which he is not bound to give us an account.
3. But yet we see that God doth his works in a causal order, and one work prepareth for another; and he maketh variety of capacities, which occasion variety of receptions and of gifts; and he useth to give every thing that, to which he hath brought it into the next capacity and disposition.
And therefore in general we may conclude that we feel not God's Love shed abroad upon the Heart, because the Heart is undisposed, and is not in the next disposition thereto: And abused free will hath been the cause of that. That we have Grace is to be ascribed to God: That we are without it is to be ascribed to our selves.