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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 3: Of Men as mutually Related to each other.
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.
CHAP. III. Of Men as mutually Related to each other.
1§. 1. I See that there are more men besides me upon earth.
- 1Nullum est unum uni tam simile, tam par, quàm omnes inter nosipsos sumus. Quod si depravatio consuetudinum, si opinionum varietas, non imbecilliratem animorum torqueret, & flecteret. quocunque coepisset, sui nemo ipse tam similis esset, quàm omnes essent omnium. Cic. 1. de leg
§. 2. The natural dignity of man, and their likeness to each other, maketh them all confess that it is their duty to love one another.
He that denieth this, will not expect to be loved himself by others; nor will he pretend to any virtue, nor to merit the benefit of humane converse.
He that denyeth this, will not expect to be loved himself by others; nor will he pretend to any virtue, nor to merit the benefit of humane converse.