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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.
§. 22.1 It affordeth us the greatest Cordials against the fears of death.
- 1Beati, qui habitant ibi, laudabunt Deum in secula seculorum, Amen. Regnum Dei conceditur in predestination, promittitur in vocatione, ostenditur in justification, percipitur in glorification. Bernard.Beati, qui habitant ibi, laudabunt Deum in secula seculorum, Amen. Regnum Dei conceditur in praedestinatione, promittitur in vocatione, ostenditur in justificatione, percipitur in glorificatione. Bernard.
For it assureth us of endless happiness after death. And if a Socrates, or Cicero, or Seneca, could fetch any comfort from a doubtful conjecture of another life, what may a Christian do that hath an undoubted assurance of it, and also of the nature and greatness of the felicity which we there expect: And why should he fear dying, who looks to pass into endless pleasure. And therefore Christianity conduceth (not to pusillanimity, but) to the greatest fortitude and nobleness of mind: For what should daunt him who is above the fears of sufferings and death.
For it assureth us of endless happiness after death. And if a Socrates, or Cicero, or Seneca, could fetch any comfort from a doubtfull conjecture of another life, what may a Christian do that hath an undoubted assurance of it, and also of the nature and greatness of the felicity which we there expect: And why should he fear dying, who looks to pass into endless pleasure. And therefore Christianity conduceth (not to pusillanimity, but) to the greatest fortitude and nobleness of minde: For what should daunt him who is above the fears of sufferings and death.