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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.
§. 22. Nature telleth us, that Governors should be the most wise, and pious, and just, and merciful, and diligent, and exemplary, laying out themselves for the public good, and the pleasing of the universal Sovereign.
§. 22. Nature telleth us, that Governours should be the most wise, and pious, and just, and merciful, and diligent, and exemplary, laying out themselves for the publick good, and the pleasing of the universal Sovereign.
§. 23. It teacheth us also, that Subjects must be faithful to their Governors, 1and must honour and obey them, in subordination to God.
§. 23. It teacheth us also, that Subjects must be faithful to their Governours, 1and must honour and obey them, in subordination to God.
- 1Autoritate nutuque legum docemur domitas habere libidines, coercere omnes cupiditates, nostra tueri, ab alienis mentes, oculos, manus abstinere. Cic. 1. de Or.
§. 24. Nature telleth us, that it is the Parents duty, with special love and diligence, to educate their children in the knowledge, fear, and obedience of God; providing for their bodies, but preferring their souls.