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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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Appendix › The Reasons and Helps of my Belief and Hope of this Perfection.
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The Reasons and Helps of my Belief and Hope of this Perfection.
1. Natural Reason assureth me that God made all Creatures fitted to their intended use: Even Brutes are more fit for their several Offices, than Man is. He giveth no Creature its faculties in vain: Whatever a wise Man maketh, he fits it to the use which he made it for. But Man's Faculties are Enabled to think of a God, of our relation and our duty to him, of our hopes from him, and our fears of him: Of the state of our Souls related to his judgment; of what will befall us after Death, reward or punishment, and ⟨p. 290⟩how to prepare for it: This Nature, and its faculties, and powers, are not made in vain.
1. NAtural Reason assureth me that God made all Creatures fitted to their intended use: Even Bruits are more fit for their several Offices, than Man is. He giveth no Creature its faculties in vain: Whatever a wise Man maketh, he fits it to the use which he made it for. But Man's Faculties are Enabled to think of a God, of our relation and our duty to him, of our hopes from him, and our fears of him: Of the state of our Souls related to his judgment; of what will befall us after Death, reward or punishment, and ⟨p. 290⟩how to prepare for it: This Nature, and its faculties, and powers, are not made in vain.