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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.
Nature telleth us, that the greatest works, of greatest consequence, should be done with the greatest skill and care; and that it is likest to be so done when it is made a set Office, entrusted in the hands of tried men: for it is not many that have such extraordinary endowments: and if unfit persons manage so great a work, they will mar it, and miss the end: and that which a man taketh for his Office, he is liker to take care of,1 than that which he thinks belongeth no more to him than others: and how necessary Order is in all matters of weight, the experience of all Governments, Societies and Persons may soon convince us.
Nature telleth us, that the greatest works, of greatest consequence, should be done with the greatest skill and care; and that it is likest to be so done when it is made a set Office, intrusted in the hands of tried men: for it is not many that have such extraordinary endowments: and if unfit persons manage so great a work, they will marr it, and miss the end: and that which a man taketh for his Office, he is liker to take care of,1 than that which he thinks belongeth no more to him than others: and how necessary Order is in all matters of weight, the experience of all Governments, Societies and Persons may soon convince us.
- 1Descriptionem sacerdotum nullum justae Religionis genus praetermittit: Nam sunt ad placandos Deos alii constituti, qui sacris praesint solennibus: ad interpretanda alii praedicta vatum; neque multorum ne esset infinitum, neque ut ca ipsa quae suscepta publicè essent, quisquam extra collegium nosset. Cic. de leg. l. 2. p. 241.
§. 20. Nature telleth us also, that it is the duty of such Teachers to be very diligent, serious, and plain, and of Learners to be thankful, willing, studious, respectful, and rationally-obedient, as remembering the great importance of the work.