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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
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.
§. 12. And whereas God's special mercy and grace is necessary to so great a change and cure, and this grace is forfeited by sin, and every sin deserveth more punishment, and this sin and punishment must be so far forgiven before God can give us that grace which we have forfeited, Nature doth not satisfactorily teach me, how God is so far reconciled to Man, nor how ⟨p. 197⟩the forgiveness of sin may be by us so far procured.1
- 1Multa miser metui quia seei multa proterve Idem. In malis sperare bonum, nosy innocens nemo solet. Senec.Multa miser metui quia seei multa proterve Idem. In malis sperare bonum, nosi innocens nemo solet. Senec.
§. 13. And where as I see at once in the world, both the a•o•ing of sin, which deserveth damnation, and the abounding of mercy to these that are under such deserts; I am not satisfied by the halt of Nature, how God is so far reconciled, and the ends of Government and Justice attained, as to deal with the world so contrary to its deserts.
§. 13. And where as I see at once in the world, both the a•o•ing of sin, which deserveth damnation, and the abounding of mercy to these that are under such deserts; I am not satisfi'd by the halt of Nature, how God is so far reconciled, and the ends of Government and Justice attained, as to deal with the world so contrary to its deserts.