A27004:1263
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
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.
§. 13. It was meet that the sinful world have not only a certain Teacher, but also a perfect pattern before them, of righteousness, love, self-denial, meekness, patience, contempt of lower things, &c. which is given us by Jesus Christ alone.
And therefore the Gospel is written Historically, with Doctrines intermixed, that we might have both perfect Precepts and Pattern.
And therefore the Gospel is written Historically, with Doctrins intermixt, that we might have both perfect Precepts and Pattern.
§. 14. It was very congruous to a world universally lapsed, that God should make with it a new Law and Covenant of Grace; and that this Covenant should tender us the pardon of our sins, and be a conditional act of oblivion: And that sinners be not left to the mere Law of perfect Nature, which was to preserve that innocency which they have already lost.
§. 14. It was very congruous to a world universally lapsed, that God should make with it a new Law and Covenant of Grace; and that this Covenant should tender us the pardon of our sins, and be a conditional act of oblivion: And that sinners be not left to the meer Law of perfect Nature, which was to preserve that innocency which they have already lost.