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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.
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 ⟨p. 176⟩the words express. And to praise God is understandingly to magnifie 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.
9. No reasonable man would be thus served or conversed with: A Parent indeed can understand an Abba, or a look from an Infant; but it is on supposition, that the Infant himself perceiveth what he would have: And if it be not by intellectual but sensitive perception, it is no more a Petition to his Father, than a Dogs waiting for Food, tho' the person deserves more pity. So God understandeth the meaning of Spiritual Groans, in one that wants words for large expression: But that supposeth that it is true inward desires after him which those Groans signify.
9. No reasonable man would be thus served or conversed with: A Parent indeed can understand an Abba, or a look from an Infant; but it is on supposition, that the Infant himself perceiveth what he would have: And if it be not by intellectual but sensitive perception, it is no more a Petition to his Father, than a Dogs waiting for Food, tho' the person deserves more pity. So God understandeth the meaning of Spiritual Groans, in one that wants words for large expression: But that supposeth that it is true inward desires after him which those Groans signifie.