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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 4: Of the Nature and Properties of the Christian Religion.
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.
For it teacheth men (as is aforesaid) to live in the Spirit, upon the things above, in the continual Love of God, and desires and endeavours for everlasting glory: Than which mans mind hath nothing more high, and honourable, and excellent, to be employed about.1
For it teacheth men (as is aforesaid) to live in the Spirit, upon the things above, in the continual Love of God, and desires and endeavours for everlasting glory: Than which mans minde hath nothing more high, and honourable, and excellent, to be employed about.1
- 1Illud est verum ac summum gaudium, quod non de creatura, sed de creatore concipitur; quod cum acceperis, nemo tollet a te; cui ali•nde comparata omnis jucunditas moeror est; omnis suavitas dolor est; omne dulce amarum est; omne quod delectare potest molestum est. Bernard.
§. 17. It leadeth men to the joyfullest Life that humane Nature is capable of on Earth.
For it leadeth us to the assurance of the Love of God, and of the pardon of all our sins, and of endless glory when we die: It assureth us, that we shall live for ever, in the sight of the glory of God, with Jesus Christ, and be like the Angels, and be perfected in holiness and happiness, and be employed in the Love and Praises of God for evermore: It commandeth us to live in the foresight of these everlasting Pleasures, and to keep the taste of them always upon our minds, and in daily meditation on the Love of God, to live in the daily Returns of Love, and to make this our continual Feast and Pleasure. And can the mind of man on Earth, have higher and greater delights than these?