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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.
§. 6. I. Our LOVE to God as our Chief good efficiently, containeth in it, 1. A willing Receiving Love: 2. A Thankful Love: 3. A Returning devoted serving Love: (which among men amounts to retribution.)
§. 6. I. Our LOVE to God as our Chief good efficiently, containeth in it, 1. A willing Receiving Love: 2. A Thankfull Love: 3. A Returning devoted serving Love: (which among men amounts to retribution.)
§. 7. 1. An absolute dependent Beneficiary ought with full dependence on his Total Benefactor, to Receive all his Benefits with Love and willingness.*
§. 7. 1. An absolute dependent Beneficiary ought with full dependance on his Totall Benefactor, to Receive all his Benefits with Love and willingness.*
- *Gratus sum; non ut alius mihi libentius praester, priori irritatus exemplo; fed ut rem jucundissimam faciam. Senec. Ep. 28.
An undervaluing of Benefits, and demurring, or rejecting them, is a great abuse and injury to a Benefactor. Thus doth the ungodly World, against all the Grace and greatest mercies of God. They know not the worth of them, and therefore despise them, and will not be entreated to accept them: ⟨p. 104⟩but take them for intolerable injuries or troubles, as a sick Stomach doth its Physic and Food,1