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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
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.
and seeth what variety is beautiful, and what each part should be according to the office and order of its place.
And 3. doth not your own experience reprehend your own complaint as guilty of contradiction? You would have all things fitted to your particular interest, or else you think God is not good enough to you: and may not every other creature say the same as justly as you. And then how would you have a Horse to carry you, an Ox to plough for you, a Dog to hunt for you, a Hare or Partridge to be hunted; yea, a bit of flesh to nourish you, yea, or the fruit of trees and plants, yea, or the earth to bear you, or the air to breath in, or the water to refresh you.1 For every one of these might expect to be advanced to be as high in sensual pleasure as you.
And 3. doth not your own experience reprehend your own complaint as guilty of contradiction? You would have all things fitted to your particular interest, or else you think God is not good enough to you: and may not every other creature say the same as justly as you. And then how would you have a Horse to carry you, an Ox to plow for you, a Dog to hunt for you, a Hare or Partridge to be hunted; yea, a bit of flesh to nourish you, yea, or the fruit of trees and plants, yea, or the earth to bear you, or the air to breath in, or the water to refresh you.1 For every one of these might expect to be advanced to be as high in sensual pleasure as you.
- 1Non quoniam mutabiles vires habemus, improbitatis nostrae culpa in Deum conferenda est: Non enim in facultat bus sunt vitia, sed in habitibus: Habitus autem ex electione & voluntate sunt. Itaque nostra ipsorum electione & voluntate improbi evadimus, non naturâ sumu•. Nemesius de Nat. hom. cap. 41.