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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.
1. He denieth that there is a God: for to be GOD includeeth to be Governor of the Rational world.
1. He denieth that there is a God: for to be GOD includeeth to be Governour of the Rational world.
2. He denieth that Man Oweth any Duty to God or Man: for where there is no Government, there is no proper Duty.
3. He denieth the Justice of God: for Justice is the attribute of a Governor, that is, distributive Justice, which we speak of: for commutative Justice God cannot exercise towards Man, because of our great inferiority to him.
3. He denieth the Justice of God: for Justice is the attribute of a Governour, that is, distributive Justice, which we speak of: for commutative Justice God cannot exercise towards Man, because of our great inferiority to him.