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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 8: Of some other subservient and Collateral Arguments for the Christian Verity.
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.
§. 18. 8. Nor could I have chosen any one standing Seal and Witness of Christ, so fit for all persons, learned and unlearned, and to endure through all generations, as is the actual saving of men, by the real renovation of their hearts and lives by the holy Spirit, reclaiming them from selfishness, sensuality, worldliness, and other sin, and bringing them up to the Image of God's holiness, in love and heavenliness; which is the continued work of Christ.
So that when God hath done all things so, as my very reason is constrained to acknowledge best, what should I desire more? I confess I feel still, that my nature would fain be satisfied by the way of sight and sense. Could I see heaven and hell, I think it would most effectually end all doubts: But my Reason is satisfied, that it is a thing unmeet, and utterly unsuitable to a world, that must be morally governed and conducted to their end.
§. 19. XI. The temptations of Satan, by which he would hinder us from faith, love and obedience, are so palpable, malicious and importunate, that they do much to confirm me of the truth and goodness of that word and way, which he so much resisteth.