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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.
§. 10. It is a contradiction to Nature, that any of this duty proper to God, may be given to any other, and that any Creature or Idol of our Imagination should be esteemed, loved, trusted, obeyed, or honoured as God.
For that were falsehood in us, injury to God, and abuse of the Creature.
For that were falshood in us, injury to God, and abuse of the Creature.
§. 11. Nature requireth, that Man having the gift of speech from God, should employ his Tongue in the Praise and service of his Maker.
§. 11. Nature requireth, that Man having the gift of speech from God, should imploy his Tongue in the Praise and service of his Maker.
This plainly resulteth, from our own Nature, and the use of the Tongue, compared with, or related to Gods Nature and perfections, with his propriety in us, and all that's ours, and his Government of us.