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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.
Obj. Governing by Laws is caused by humane impotency, 1because man is not every where present, nor of power to effect himself in and by others, all the things which he commandeth: But were man Omnipresent and Omnipotent as God is, he would make all men do well, and not command them to do it: Therefore it is so in the Government of God.
- 1Cicero, de Leg. r. proveth, That Right is founded in the Law of Nature, more than in Man's Laws; because, else (saith he) men may make evil good, and good evil; and make Adultery, Perjury, &c. just, by making a Law for them.] A cursed consequence, which the Atheist cannot deny upon his Principles. Quod si populorum jussis, si Principum decretis, si sententiis judicum jura constituerentur, jus esset latrocinari, jus adulterare, jus testamenta falsa supponere, si haec suffragiis, aut scitis multitudinis probarentur. Quae si tanta potentia stultorum sententiis atque jussis, ut eorum suffragiis rerum natura vertatur, cur non sanciunt, at quae mala perniciosaque sunt habeantur pro bonis & salutaribus. Aut cur cum jus ex injuria facere Lex possit, bonum eadem facere non potest ex malo. Atqui nos Legem bonam à malâ, nulla alia nisi naturali norma divider possumus. Cicer. de Leg. 1. p. 225.Cicero, de Leg. r. proveth, That Right is founded in the Law of Nature, more than in Man's Laws; because, else (saith he) men may make evil good, and good evil; and make Adultery, Perjury, &c. just, by making a Law for them.] A cursed consequence, which the Atheist cannot deny upon his Principles. Quod si populorum jussis, si Principum decretis, si sententiis judicum jura constituerentur, jus esset latrocinari, jus adulterare, jus testamenta falsa supponere, si haec suffragiis, aut scitis multitudinis probarentur. Quae si tanta potentia stultorum sententiis atque jussis, ut eorum suffragiis rerum natura vertatur, cur non sanciunt, at quae mala perniciosaque sunt habeantur pro bonis & salutaribus. Aut cur cum jus ex injuria facere Lex possit, bonum eadem facere non potest ex malo. Atqui nos Legem bonam à malâ, nulla alia nisi naturali norma dividere possumus. Cicer. de Leg. 1. p. 225.