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The Protestant religion truly stated and justified by the late Reverend Mr. Richard BaxterThe Protestant religion truely stated and justified by the late Reverend Mr. Richard Baxter
The Protestant religion truly stated and justified by the late Reverend Mr. Richard Baxter ; prepared for the press some time before his death ; whereunto is added, by way of preface, some account of the learned author, by Mr. Daniel Williams and Mr. Matthew Sylvester.The Protestant religion truely stated and justified by the late Reverend Mr. Richard Baxter ; prepared for the press some time before his death ; whereunto is added, by way of preface, some account of the learned author, by Mr. Danel Williams and Mr. Matthew Sylvester.
London: printed for John Salusbury, 1692
Protestant Religion Truly Stated, and Justified, &c. › The Third accused Point.
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8. Whether he that thus Condemneth God and his Law, and extolleth Man's, be like to make good his accusation at God's Barr? Alas! must such things as these be disputed by Men that would be our Infallible Rule?
9. Either the knowledge of God's Word is needful, or not. If not, why did God write part of it himself? And send his Son to Preach it? And his Spirit in his Prophets and Apostles to write and Record it? Are blind Worms fit to accuse God of Folly, and needless Work? Can Men obey God's Law that know it not? But if the knowledge of it be needful to our Obedience and Salvation, ask common Reason, whether the Difficulties should not rather oblige us to read and ⟨p. 12⟩study it so much the more, •till we understand it, rather than not to read it at all? Do their ductile Followers that read it not, understand it better than those that study it Day and Night? The less we know of needless things, the better and quieter we are: If God's Law and Gospel be such, what a God and Governor have we! Can Heathens and Turks Blaspheme him more, than to take him for so foolish a Governor of the World, as to make a stir by his Son from Heaven, and by Angels and Prophets, to give them so needless, yea, pernicious a Law and Gospel, as that Men must be kept from reading it, lest it Poison them with Heresy?
9. Either the knowledge of God's Word is needful, or not. If not, why did God write part of it himself? And send his Son to Preach it? And his Spirit in his Prophets and Apostles to write and Record it? Are blind Worms fit to accuse God of Folly, and needless Work? Can Men obey God's Law that know it not? But if the knowledge of it be needful to our Obedience and Salvation, ask common Reason, whether the Difficulties should not rather oblige us to read and ⟨p. 12⟩study it so much the more, •till we understand it, rather than not to read it at all? Do their ductile Followers that read it not, understand it better than those that study it Day and Night? The less we know of needless things, the better and quieter we are: If God's Law and Gospel be such, what a God and Governour have we! Can Heathens and Turks Blaspheme him more, than to take him for so foolish a Governour of the World, as to make a stir by his Son from Heaven, and by Angels and Prophets, to give them so needless, yea, pernicious a Law and Gospel, as that Men must be kept from reading it, lest it Poyson them with Heresie?