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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.
§. 18. Nature telleth us, that such as are endued with an eminent degree of holy wisdom, should be Teachers of others, for obedience to God, and their salvation.
As the Soul is more worth than the Body, and its welfare more regardable, so charity to the Soul is as Natural a duty as to the body: which cannot better be exercised, than in communicating holy wisdom, and instructing men in the matters of highest everlasting consequence.
1§. 19. Yea, Nature teacheth, that so great a work should not be done slightly and occasionally only, as on the by, but that it should be a work of stated office, which tried men should be regularly called to, for the more sure and universal edification of Mankind.
- 1Impellimur naturâ ut prodesse velimus quamplurimis, imprimisque docendo, rationibusque prudentiae tradendis. Itaque non facile est invenire, qui quod sciat, ipse non tradat alteri. Ita non solum ad discendum propensi sumus, verum etiam ad docendum. Cic. 2. de fin.