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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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Thirdly, We are Certain that the Person of Christ, and his own Doctrine had all this fourfold Divine Testimony: And therefore that Christ and his Doctrine are of God, and true. And consequently that Christ was the Son of God, the Redeemer of the world, the Head of the Church, and whatever he affirmeth himself to be.
Fourthly, We are certain that the Apostles as Preachers of this Gospel, and performers of the Commission Delivered them by Christ, had the same attestation in kind as Christ himself had: They had the same SPIRIT. Though the antecedent testimony by Prophecy was not so full of them, as it was of Christ, yet the Gospel which they preached and ⟨p. 28⟩left in writing First, Hath in it still visibly to the eye of every truly discerning person, the Image of Gods Power, Wisdom and Goodness. Secondly, The same Gospel as preached and delivered by them had the Concomitant Testimony of abundant certain Miracles, Prophesies and holy works. Thirdly, The same Gospel maketh that impression on the souls of true receivers, which is the Image of Gods power, wisdom and goodness, and so proveth it to be of God. The concurrence of these three is a full and certain proof.
Fourthly, We are certain that the Apostles as Preachers of this Gospel, and performers of the Commission Delivered them by Christ, had the same attestation in kind as Christ himself had: They had the same SPIRIT. Though the antecedent testimony by Prophesie was not so full of them, as it was of Christ, yet the Gospel which they preached and ⟨p. 28⟩left in writing First, Hath in it still visibly to the eye of every truly discerning person, the Image of Gods Power, Wisdome and Goodness. Secondly, The same Gospel as preached and delivered by them had the Concomitant Testimony of abundant certain Miracles, Prophesies and holy works. Thirdly, The same Gospel maketh that impression on the souls of true receivers, which is the Image of Gods power, wisdome and goodness, and so proveth it to be of God. The concurrence of these three is a full and certain proof.