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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.
If Birds and Beasts will go together in flights and herds, with those of their own kind, no wonder if man also have a natural inclination to society, besides the knowledge of the necessity and benefits of it.
If Birds and Beasts will go together in flights and heards, with those of their own kinde, no wonder if man also have a naturall inclination to society, besides the knowledge of the necessity and benefits of it.
1§. 4. Each Individual in these societies must contribute his endeavours to the common good.
- 1Homines hominum causâ sunt generati, ut ipsi inter se, alii aliis prodesse possint. Cic 1. Offic.
For this is the end of the Association: He that will be for none but himself, cannot justly expect that any should be for him: And he that would have all the society be helpful to him, must to his power be helpful to all.
For this is the end of the Association: He that will be for none but himself, cannot justly expect that any should be for him: And he that would have all the society be helpfull to him, must to his power be helpfull to all.