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A moral prognostication I. what shall befall the churches on Earth, till their concord
A moral prognostication I. what shall befall the churches on Earth, till their concord, by the restitution of their primitive purity, simplicity, and charity, II. how that restitution is like to be made, (if ever) and what shall befall them thence-forth unto the end, in that golden-age of love / written by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed for Thomas Simmons, 1680
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. The same Causes, with the same Circumstances, will have the same Effects on Recipients, equally disposed.
3. Operari sequitur esse: As Natures are, so they act; except where over-powered.
3. Operari sequitur esse: As Natures are, so they act; except where over-power'd.
4. The Appetite (Sensitive and Rational) is the Principle of Motion; and what any Love, they will Desire and Seek.
5. Therefore, Interest will turn the Affairs of the World; and he that can best understand all Interests, will be the best Moral Prognosticator; so far as Men are Causes of the Events.
6. The Pleasing of God, and the Happiness of their own and others Souls, being the Interest of True Believers; and Temporal Life, Pleasure, and Prosperity, being the seeming and esteemed Interest of Unbelievers cross Interests, will carry them contrary ways.