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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 Two and Fiftieth accused Point.
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.
7. Their Preaching and writing was all for Teaching: And it is no Teaching to speak to men in a strange Language, (unless we be teaching them to understand it.)
8. Praying is the expressing of known desires to God: It's no Prayer that expresseth no Desire, and Ignoti nulla Cupido: There is no Desire, save sensitive Appetite, that supposeth not Knowledge that the thing is good and needful. The words of a Parrot are not a Prayer. And confession of Sin is the act of a penitent Soul, and it is no Repentance or Confession that is but words of they know not what: It's no penitent Confession to hear or speak words, not understood what Sin they signify.
8. Praying is the expressing of known desires to God: It's no Prayer that expresseth no Desire, and Ignoti nulla Cupido: There is no Desire, save sensitive Appetite, that supposeth not Knowledge that the thing is good and needful. The words of a Parrot are not a Prayer. And confession of Sin is the act of a penitent Soul, and it is no Repentance or Confession that is but words of they know not what: It's no penitent Confession to hear or speak words, not understood what Sin they signifie.
And to give God thanks, implieth that we understand what Mercies or benefits ⟨p. 176⟩the words express. And to praise God is understandingly to magnify his perfections or Works. So that words without understanding them, are no more to be called Prayer, Praise, Confession, Thanksgiving, than the singing of a Bird is, or the Crowing of a Cock.
And to give God thanks, implyeth that we understand what Mercies or benefits