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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 2 › Chapter 2: Of the several Religions which are in the world.
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. II. Of the several Religions which are in the world.
Having finished my enquiries into the state and book of Nature, I found it my duty to enquire what other men thought in the world, and what were the reasons of their several beliefs, that if they knew more than I had discovered (by what means soever) I might become partaker of it.
HAving finished my enquiries into the state and book of Nature, I found it my duty to enquire what other men thought in the world, and what were the reasons of their several beliefs, that if they knew more than I had discovered (by what means soever) I might become partaker of it.
§. 1. And first I find that all the world, except those called Heathens, are conscious of the necessity of supernatural Revelation; yea, the Heathens themselves have some common apprehension of it.
§. 2. Four sorts of Religions I find only considerable upon earth: The mere Naturalists, called commonly Heathens and Idolaters: The Jews: The Mahometans: and the Christians. The Heathens by their Oracles, Augurs and Haruspices, confess the necessity of some supernatural light; and the very Religion of all the rest consisteth in it.