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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 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?
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 alwayes upon our mindes, 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 minde of man on Earth, have higher and greater delights than these?
§. 18.1 The Christian Religion forbiddeth men no Bodily pleasure, but that which hindereth their greater pleasure, and tendeth to their pain or sorrow, nor doth it deny them any earthly thing, which is truly for their good.
- 1Nihil prodigae satis est voluptati: semper famem patitur sui quae alimentis perpetuis nescit impleri. Ambros. in. Luk. 6.