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The reasons of the Christian religion the first part, of godliness, proving by natural…
The reasons of the Christian religion the first part, of godliness, proving by natural evidence the being of God ... : the second part, of Christianity, proving by evidence supernatural and natural, the certain truth of the Christian belief ... / by Richard Baxter ... ; also an appendix defending the soul's immortality against the Somatists or Epicureans and other pseudo-philosophers.
London: printed by R. White for Fran. Titon, 1667
Part 1 › Chapter 2: Of Man as Related to the things below him.
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.
§. 3. Man hath the Right of governing the Brutes, so far as they are capable of government.
§. 3. Man hath the Right of governing the Bruits, so far as they are capable of government.
Which is not by proper moral Government, by Laws and Judgement; but such an Image of it, as is suitable to their several kinds. This is in order to their own preservation; but especially for our use and ends: He that denieth this, must not Rule his Dog, his Horse, or Ox, or Sheep; but leave them every one to themselves.
Which is not by proper moral Government, by Laws and Judgement; but such an Image of it, as is suitable to their several kinds. This is in order to their own preservation; but especially for our use and ends: He that denyeth this, must not Rule his Dog, his Horse, or Oxe, or Sheep; but leave them every one to themselves.
§. 4. Man is also (subordinately) their Benefactor, and their End: and they are more for Him than for themselves.