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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.
§. 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.
§. 2. Four sorts of Religions I find only considerable upon earth: The meer Naturalists, called commonly Heathens and Idolaters: The Jews: The Mahometans: and the Christians. The Heathens by their Oracles, Augures and Aruspices, confess the necessity of some supernatural light; and the very Religion of all the rest consisteth in it.
I. §. 3. As for the Heathens, I find this much good among them: That some of them have had a very great care of their Souls: and many have used exceeding industry in seeking after knowledge, especially in the mysteries of the works of God; and some of them have bent their minds higher to know God, and the invisible worlds: That they commonly thought that there is a Life of Retribution after death; and among the wisest of them, the sum of that is to be found (though confusedly) which I have laid down in the first Part of this Book.
I. §. 3. As for the Heathens, I find this much good among them: That some of them have had a very great care of their Souls: and many have used exceeding industry in seeking after knowledge, especially in the mysteries of the works of God; and some of them have bent their minds higher to know God, and the invisible worlds: That they commonly thought that there is a Life of Retribution after death; and among the wisest of them, the summe of that is to be found (though confusedly) which I have laid down in the first Part of this Book.