A27004:1267
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.
§. 15. It is very congruous to our miserable state, that the Condition of this Covenant of Grace should be on our part, the acknowledgement of our Benefactor, and the thankful acceptance of the benefit, and a hearty consent for the future to *follow his conduct, and use his appointed means in order to our full recovery: which is the condition of the Christian Covenant.
§. 15. It is very congruous to our miserable state, that the Condition of this Covenant of Grace should be on our part, the acknowledgment of our Benefactor, and the thankful acceptance of the benefit, and a hearty consent for the future to *follow his conduct, and use his appointed means in order to our full recovery: which is the condition of the Christian Covenant.
- *Religiosi sunt cui facienda & v•tanda discernunt. Mac•ob. Saturn. l. 3. Non votis neque supplicamentis mulicbribus auxilia Deorum parantur; sed vigilando, agendo, been consulendo, prospere cedunt omnia: ubi socordiae te atque ignaviae tradideris, nequicquam Deos implores, irati enim insensique sunt. Salust. in Cat•lin.Religiosi sunt cui facienda & v•tanda discernunt. Mac•ob. Saturn. l. 3. Non votis neque supplicamentis mulicbribus auxilia Deorum parantur; sed vigilando, agendo, bene consulendo, prospere cedunt omnia: ubi socordiae te atque ignaviae tradideris, nequicquam Deos implores, irati enim insensique sunt. Salust. in Cat•lin.
§. 16. Seeing man's fall was from his God unto himself, especially in point of love; and his real recovery must be, by bringing