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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.
§. 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.
§. 12. Seeing Man liveth in total dependence upon God, and in continual receivings from him, Nature obligeth him to use his heart and tongue in holy desires expressed and exercised in Prayer, and in returning thanks to his great Benefactor, (of which more anon.)
§. 12. Seeing Man liveth in totall dependance upon God, and in continual receivings from him, Nature obligeth him to use his heart and tongue in holy desires express'd and exercised in Prayer, and in returning thanks to his great Benefactor, (of which more anon.)