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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. A Governor he must have; for there is no Government nor governed, without a Governor. 2. If there be never so many Inferior Governors, there must be some Supreme: Or else each one would be absolutely Supreme, and none Inferior. But I will first prove that God is Mans Sovereign,1 and then show the foundation of his right, and of this Relation.
1. A Governour he must have; for there is no Government nor governed, without a Governour. 2. If there be never so many Inferiour Governours, there must be some Supream: Or else each one would be absolutely Supream, and none Inferiour. But I will first prove that God is Mans Soveraign,1 and then shew the foundation of his right, and of this Relation.
- 1Nec solum jus à natura dijudicatur, sed omnino omnia honesta & turpia: Nam & communis intelligentia nobis nota res edicit; easque in animis nostris inchoavit, ut •onesta in virtute ponantur, in vitiis turpia. Haec autem in opinione existimare, non in natura ponere, dementis est. Nam & nec arboris, nec equi virtus, quae dicitur in quo abutimur nomine, in opinione sita est sed in natura. Cicero de leg. 1. p. 225.
The only objection made against it, consisteth of these two parts: 1. That God moveth man effectually per modum naturae as an Engineer; and that this is more excellent than Moral Government. 2. And that Moral Government being a less effectual way, is committed to Angels and to Men, viz. Kings, and States, and Magistrates, who are sufficient to perform it.