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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.
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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.
Especially in Seneca, Cicero, Plutarch, Plato, Plotinus, 1Jamblicus, Proclus, Porphyry, Julian the Apostate, Antoninus, Epictetus, Arian, &c. And for their Learning, and Wisdom, and Moral Virtues, the Christian Bishops carried themselves respectfully to many of them, (as Basil to Libanius, &c.) And in their days many of their Philosophers were honoured by the Christian Emperors, or at least by the inferior Magistrates and Christian people, who judged that so great worth deserved honour, and that the confession of so much Truth, deserved answerable love; especially Aedesius, Julianus, Cappadox, Proaeresius, Maximus, Libanius, Acacius, Chrysanthus, &c. And the Christians ever since have made great use of their Writings in their Schools; especially of Aristotle's and Plato's with their followers.
Especially in Seneca, Cicero, Plutarch, Plato, Plotinus, 1