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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.
2. But if it were so, obedience would be our duty still: for the authority of God, as his propriety, is absolute; and he that giveth us power to require the analogical obedience of our Horse or Ox, though it be to our benefit only, and his hurt, yea though it be in going to the slaughter, if he did so by us could do us no wrong, nor give us any just excuse for our disobedience. For as sweet as life is to us, it is not so much Ours in right as His, and therefore should be at his disposal.
§. 9. The breaking of Gods Laws must needs deserve a greater penalty, than the breaking of any Man's Laws, as such.
The difference of the Rulers and their Authority puts this past all controversy; of which yet I shall say more anon.
The difference of the Rulers and their Authority puts this past all controversie; of which yet I shall say more anon.
§. 10. What is said of the subjection of Individuals to God, is true of all just Societies as such; the Kingdoms of the world being all under God the universal King, as small parcels of his Kingdom, as particular Corporations are under a humane King.