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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 3: Of the CHRISTIAN RELIGION: and First, What it is.
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.
There are also many of his Epistles, (to Rome, to Corinth, Galatia, Ephesus, Philippi, Coloss, Thessalonica, to Timothy, to Titus, and to Philemon, and the Hebrews (as is supposed) There are also the Epistles of Peter, James, John and Jude, with the Revelation of John, containing many mysterious Prophesies. An Eunuch who was of great power under the Queen of Ethiopia, was converted by Philip, and carried the Gospel into his Country. The rest of the Apostles and other Disciples carried it abroad a great part of the world, especially in the Roman Empire: and though every where they met with opposition and persecution, yet by the power of the holy Ghost, appearing in their Holiness, Languages and Miracles, they prevailed and planted abundance of Churches, of which the most populous were at Jerusalem, Antioch, Rome and Alexandria: And though ⟨p. 220⟩they were all dispersed abroad the world, and out of the reach of mutual converse, yet did they never disagree in their Doctrine, in the smallest point, but proceeded through sufferings in Unity and Holiness, in the work of saving Souls, till most of them were put to death for the sake of Christ; having left the Churches under the Government of their several Pastors, according to the will of Christ.
This is the abstract of the History of the holy Scriptures.
§. 14. The sum of the Doctrine of Christianity is contained in these Articles following, consisting of three general Heads: I. Things to be known and believed. II. Things to be willed, and desired, and hoped. III. Things to be done.
§. 14. The summ of the Doctrine of Christianity is contained in these Articles following, consisting of three general Heads: I. Things to be known and believed. II. Things to be willed, and desired, and hoped. III. Things to be done.