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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
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.
The whole design of Christ's Incarnation, Life, Death, Resurrection, Ascension and Intercession, is but to be the most wonderful and glorious declaration of the goodness and love of God to sinners: that as the great frame of the Universe demonstrateth his power, so should the Redeemer be the demonstration of his love. That we may see both the wise contrivances of his love, and at how dear a rate he is content to save us; that our lives may be employed in beholding and admiring the glory of his love, in this incomprehensible representation. That we may love him, as men that are fetched up from the very gates of hell, and from under the sentence of condemnation, and made by grace the heirs of life.
The whole design of Christ's Incarnation, Life, Death, Resurrection, Ascension and Intercession, is but to be the most wonderful and glorious declaration of the goodness and love of God to sinners: that as the great frame of the Universe demonstrateth his power, so should the Redeemer be the demonstration of his love. That we may see both the wise contrivances of his love, and at how dear a rate he is content to save us; that our lives may be employed in beholding and admiring the glory of his love, in this incomprehensible representation. That we may love him, as men that are fetch'd up from the very gates of hell, and from under the sentence of condemnation, and made by grace the heirs of life.
§. 17. Especially to have a quickening Head, who will give the Spirit of grace to all his members, to change their hearts, and kindle this holy love within them, is most congruous to accomplish mans recovery.
§. 17. Especially to have a quickning Head, who will give the Spirit of grace to all his members, to change their hearts, and kindle this holy love within them, is most congruous to accomplish mans recovery.