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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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Doubtless the same God who hath used Mahometans to be his dreadful Scourge to wicked Christians, who abused the Gospel by a false Profession, hath also used them to do abundance of good against Idolatry in the Heathen World: Where-ever they come, Idolatry is destroyed. Yea the corrupt Christians, Greeks, and specially Papists, that worship Images, Angels, and Bread, are rebuked and condemned justly by Mahometans. But, O that they who have Conquered so far by the Sword, were Conquered by the Sacred Word of Truth, and truly understood the Mystery of Redemption, and the Doctrine of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Doubtless the same God who hath used Mahometans to be his dreadful Scourge to wicked Christians, who abused the Gospel by a false Profession, hath also used them to do abundance of good against Idolatry in the Heathen World: Where-ever they come, Idolatry is destroyed. Yea the corrupt Christians, Greeks, and specially Papists, that worship Images, Angels, and Bread, are rebuked and condemned justly by Mahometans. But, O that they who have Conquered so far by the Sword, were Conquered by the Sacred Word of Truth, and truly understood the Mystery of Redemption, and the Doctrin of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Obj. But they think us Idolaters for saying that Christ is God, and believing the Trinity.
I. As to the Trinity; it is no contradiction that one Fire or Sun should have Essentially a Virtue or Power to Move, Light, and Heat: Nor that one Soul should have a power of Vegetation, Sense and Reason; Nor as Rational, to have a peculiar power of Vitality, Intellection and Free-will. Why then should the Trinity seem incredible?
I. As to the Trinity; it is no contradiction that one Fire or Sun should have Essentially a Virtue or Power to Move, Light, and Heat: Nor that one Soul should have a power of Vegetation, Sense and Reason; Nor as Rational, to have a peculiar power of Vitality, Intellection and Free-will. Why then should the Trinity seem incredidible?