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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.
1. Mankind will be Born in a State of Infancy and Nescience, that is, without actual Knowledge.
1. MAnkind will be Born in a State of Infancy and Nescience, that is, without actual Knowledge.
2. Yea, with a Nature that hath the innate Dispositions to sloth, and to diverting pleasures and business; and more than so, to an averseness from those Principles which are needful to Sanctification, and Heavenly Wisdom. The Carnal Mind will have an Enmity against God, and will not mind the things of the Spirit, nor be subject to God's Law, Rom. 8. 5, 6, 7, 8.
2. Yea, with a Nature that hath the innate Dispositions to sloath, and to diverting pleasures and business; and more than so, to an aversness from those Principles which are needful to Sanctification, and Heavenly Wisdom. The Carnal Mind will have an Enmity against God, and will not mind the things of the Spirit, nor be subject to God's Law, Rom. 8. 5, 6, 7, 8.
3. Sound Learning, or Wisdom, in things of so high ⟨p. 2⟩a Nature, as are the matters of Salvation, will not be attained without Hard Study, and Earnest Prayer, and Humble Submission to Instructions; and all this a long time Patiently Endured, or rather willingly, and delightfully Performed.
3. Sound Learning, or Wisdom, in things of so high ⟨p. 2⟩