A27004:1701
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.
§. 27. 5. They have corrupted Church-history, obtruding or divulging a multitude of ridiculous falsehoods in their Legends and Books of Miracles; contrived purposely by Satan to tempt men to disbelieve the Miracles of Christ and his Apostles.
§. 27. 5. They have corrupted Church-history, obtruding or divulging a multitude of ridiculous falshoods in their Legends and Books of Miracles; contrived purposely by Satan to tempt men to disbelieve the Miracles of Christ and his Apostles.
§. 28. 6. They make Christianity odious, by upholding their own Sect and power, by fire and blood and inhumane Cruelties.
§. 29. 7. They openly manifest that ambition and worldly dignities and prosperity, in the Clergy, is their very Religion: and withal pretend, that their party or Sect is all the Church.
§. 29. 7. They openly manifest that ambition and worldly dignities and prosperity, in the Clergy, is their very Religion: and withall pretend, that their party or Sect is all the Church.