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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.
§. 7. The Authoritas Imperantis is the formal object of all obedience: and so all our duty is formally duty to God as our Supreme, or to Men as his Officers: But as to the Material object, our Natural duties are either, I. Towards God: II. To our selves: III. To others.
§. 7. The Authoritas Imperantis is the formall object of all obedience: and so all our duty is formally duty to God as our Supream, or to Men as his Officers: But as to the Material object, our Natural duties are either, I. Towards God: II. To our selves: III. To others.
§. 8. I. The prime duties of the Law of Nature are towards God, and are our full consent to the three Relations, (of which two are mentioned before): To be Gods Rational Creatures, and not obliged to take him heartily for our Absolute Owner and Ruler, is a Contradiction in Nature.
§. 9. Mans Nature being what it is, 1and Related thus to God, and Gods Nature and Relations being as afore described, Man is naturally obliged to take God to be what he is in all his Attributes forementioned (cap. 5.) and to suit his will, and affections to God accordingly: that is, to take him to be omnipotent, omniscient, and most good, most faithful, and most just, &c. and to believe him, seek him, trust him, love him, fear him, obey him, meditate on him, to honour him, and prefer him before all the World; and this with all our Heart and might, and to take our chiefest pleasure in it.
§. 9. Mans Nature being what it is, 1and Related thus to God, and Gods Nature and Relations being as afore described, Man is naturally obliged to take God to be what he is in all his Attributes forementioned (cap. 5.) and to suit his will, and affections to God accordingly: that is, to take him to be omnipotent, omniscient, and most good, most faithfull, and most just, &c. and to believe him, seek him, trust him, love him, fear him, obey him, meditate on him, to honour him, and preferre him before all the World; and this with all our Heart and might, and to take our chiefest pleasure in it.