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How to do good to many, or, The public good is the Christians life…How to do good to many, or, The publick good is the Christians life…
How to do good to many, or, The public good is the Christians life directions and motives to it, intended for an auditory of London citizens, and published for them, for want of leave to preach them / by Richard Baxter.How to do good to many, or, The publick good is the Christians life directions and motives to it, intended for an auditory of London citizens, and published for them, for want of leave to preach them / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Rob. Gibs, 1682
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.
2. In other Cases where you have no Choosing Vote with ⟨p. 27⟩men, you have a praying Voice with God: Pray for Kings and all in Authority, that we may live a quiet and peaceable life, in all godliness and honesty. God hath commanded no duty in vain: Do it earnestly and constantly, and hope for a good issue from God: Do it not selfishly that you may have prosperity or preferment by them, but sincerely for their own and the Common good: God is the Fountain of power, the absolute Sovereign of all the world. Men are but his Provincial officers, none claimeth an universal Government of the world, but one that pretendeth to be Christs Vicar General, and none believe his claim but blinded men. There is no power but of and under God, who hath made Rulers his Ministers for our good, to be a praise to them that do well, and a terror to evil doers; that they that will not be moved with the hopes of Gods future rewards, and the fears of his punishments, may be moved by that which is near them within the reach of sense. And all men regard their bodies, tho only believers are ruled by the everlasting interest of their Souls.
2. In other Cases where you have no Choosing Vote with ⟨p. 27⟩men, you have a praying Voice with God: Pray for Kings and all in Authority, that we may live a quiet and peaceable life, in all godliness and honesty. God hath commanded no duty in vain: Do it earnestly and constantly, and hope for a good issue from God: Do it not selfishly that you may have prosperity or preferment by them, but sincerely for their own and the Common good: God is the Fountain of power, the absolute Soveraign of all the world. Men are but his Provincial officers, none claimeth an universal Government of the world, but one that pretendeth to be Christs Vicar General, and none believe his claim but blinded men. There is no power but of and under God, who hath made Rulers his Ministers for our good, to be a praise to them that do well, and a terrour to evil doers; that they that will not be moved with the hopes of Gods future rewards, and the fears of his punishments, may be moved by that which is near them within the reach of sense. And all men regard their bodies, tho only believers are ruled by the everlasting interest of their Souls.