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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.
Because God's will and interest is above our own, and the public welfare to be preferred before any private persons; and therefore all are to live quietly and contentedly in their proper places, contributing to the common good.
Because God's will and interest is above our own, and the publick welfare to be preferred before any private persons; and therefore all are to live quietly and contentedly in their proper places, contributing to the common good.
§. 36. Nature teacheth us, 1that it is our duty to love humane Nature in our enemies, and pity others in their infirmities and miseries, and to forgive all pardonable failings, and not to seek revenge and right our selves by our brothers ruin: but to be charitable to the poor and miserable, and do our best to succour them, and help them out of their distress.
§. 36. Nature teacheth us, 1that it is our duty to love humane Nature in our enemies, and pity others in their infirmities and miseries, and to forgive all pardonable failings, and not to seek revenge and right our selves by our brothers ruine: but to be charitable to the poor and miserable, and do our best to succour them, and help them out of their distress.
- 1De altero temere affirmare periculosum est, propter occultas hominum voluntates multiplicesque naturas. Cic.
All these are our undeniable duties to GOD and our Neighbours.