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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
Part 1 › Chapter 10: Of GOD's particular Laws as known in Nature.
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.
CHAP. X. Of GOD's particular Laws as known in Nature.
The true nature of a Law I have opened before.1 It is not necessary that it be written nor spoken; but that it be in general any apt [signification of the Will of the Rector to his subjects, instituting what shall be due from them and to them, for the ends of Government.] Therefore whatsoever is a signification of Gods will to man, appointing us our duty, and telling us what benefit shall be ours upon the performance, and what loss or hurt shall befall us, if we sin, is a Law of God.
THe true nature of a Law I have opened before.1 It is not necessary that it be written nor spoken; but that it be in general any apt [signification of the Will of the Rector to his subjects, instituting what shall be due from them and to them, for the ends of Government.] Therefore whatsoever is a signification of Gods will to man, appointing us our duty, and telling us what benefit shall be ours upon the performance, and what loss or hurt shall befall us, if we sin, is a Law of God.
- 1Though Cicero's books de legibus, be usually read by us when we are boys, they are worthy the perusal of the wisest men, and fit for the edification and pleasure of the learned.Though Cicero's books de legibus, be usually read by us when we are boyes, they are worthy the perusal of the wisest men, and fit for the edification and pleasure of the learned.