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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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Arg. 1. There can be no effect without an adequate cause. But in Nature there is no cause that can make all men agree to assert a known falsehood, or deny a known Truth, against all their known interest: therefore there can be no such effect.
Arg. 1. There can be no effect without an adequate cause. But in Nature there is no cause that can make all men agree to assert a known falshood, or deny a known Truth, against all their known interest: therefore there can be no such effect.
Arg. 2. A necessary cause will necessarily effect: But where mens known Interest obligeth them to agree of a known Truth, this is a necessary cause of certain credibility: therefore it hath a necessary effect.
You know who were your Parents, and when and where you were Born, &c. by such Tradition in a lower Degree. This dependeth not on pretended Authority, nor on mere honesty; but on natural necessity.
You know who were your Parents, and when and where you were Born, &c. by such Tradition in a lower Degree. This dependeth not on pretended Authority, nor on meer honesty; but on natural necessity.