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More reasons for the Christian religion and no reason against it, or, A second…
More reasons for the Christian religion and no reason against it, or, A second appendix to the Reasons of the Christian religion being I. an answer to a letter from an unknown person charging the Holy Scriptures with contradictions, II. some animadversions on a tractate De Veritate, written by ... Edward Herbert, Baron of Cherbury ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Nevil Simmons, 1672
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Part 2: THE SECOND PART OF THIS APPENDIX; BEING Some ANIMADVERSIONS On the foresaid Treatise De…
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Sixthly, And I may add, that it is not only Clergy men that are Christians: Besides them the Learnedest men in the world have defended or stuck to the Christian Faith: I need not name to you either men of your own rank, such as the two Mirandula's, the great Du Plessis, Marnixius de Aldeg•nde, ⟨p. 168⟩Anhaltinus, (a Prince though a Divine,) Bacon, and many a worthy Noble man of these Kingdoms, and of many other: nor such Laymen as the Scaligers, Salmasius, Grotius, Casaubon, Thuanus, and multitudes more. Were all these larvati vel palliati by assed by price or fleshly interest? He that is not a Christian for Spiritual and Eternal Interest, taking up his Cross and following a Crucified Christ, on terms of self-denial, even to the forsaking of all for him, not excepting life it self, and doth not by his Cross even Crucify the flesh and the world, which is the provision for its lusts, is indeed no real Christian at all.
Sixthly, And I may add, that it is not only Clergy men that are Christians: Besides them the Learned'st men in the world have defended or stuck to the Christian Faith: I need not name to you either men of your own rank, such as the two Mirandula's, the great Du Plessis, Marnixius de Aldeg•nde, ⟨p. 168⟩Anhaltinus, (a Prince though a Divine,) Bacon, and many a worthy Noble man of these Kingdoms, and of many other: nor such Laymen as the Scaligers, Salmasius, Grotius, Causobone, Thuanus, and multitudes more. Were all these larvati vel palliati by assed by price or fleshly interest? He that is not a Christian for Spiritual and Eternal Interest, taking up his Cross and following a Crucified Christ, on terms of self-denial, even to the forsaking of all for him, not excepting life it self, and doth not by his Cross even Crucifie the flesh and the world, which is the provision for its lusts, is indeed no real Christian at all.
I had thought to have said somewhat to your pag. 220, 221. [In omni Religione, immo & conscientia, sive ex Natura sive ex gratia, media sufficientia dari unde Deo accepti esse possint, ultro credimus—] But I have been long enough, and the answer may be gathered from what is said before.