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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.
§. 34. 12. The custom of the Country, and Tradition of their Fathers, and the reasonings and cavils of men that have both ability and opportunity, and advantage, doth bear down the truth in the Countries, while Infidels prevail.
§. 34. 12. The custom of the Countrey, and Tradition of their Fathers, and the reasonings and cavils of men that have both ability and opportunity, and advantage, doth bear down the truth in the Countreys, while Infidels prevail.
§. 35. 13. The Tyranny of cruel persecuting Princes, in the ⟨p. 369⟩Mahometan and Heathen parts of the World, is the grand Impediment to the progress of Christianity, by keeping away the means of knowledge.
§. 35. 13. The Tyranny of cruel persecuting Princes, in the ⟨p. 369⟩Mahometane and Heathen parts of the World, is the grand Impediment to the progress of Christianity, by keeping away the means of knowledge.
And of this the Roman party of Christians, hath given them an encouraging example, dealing more cruelly with their fellow-Christians than the Turks and some Heathen Princes do. So that Tyranny is the great sin which keepeth out the Gospel from most parts of the Earth.
And of this the Roman party of Christians, hath given them an incouraging example, dealing more cruelly with their fellow-Christians than the Turks and some Heathen Princes do. So that Tyranny is the great sin which keepeth out the Gospel from most parts of the Earth.