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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.
§. 12. 2. We must also love his Conduct, his Precepts and his holy Examples, and the very way it self in which he leadeth us.
All that is from him is good, and must be loved both for it self, and for him that it cometh from, and for that which it leadeth to. All his Instructions, helps, reproofs, and all his conducting Means should be amiable to us.
§. 13. 3. Love must make us cheerfully follow him, in all the ways which by Precept or Example he is pleased to lead us.
§. 13. 3. Love must make us cheerfully follow him, in all the wayes which by Precept or Example he is pleased to lead us.
And so to follow him, as to love the tokens of his presence, and footsteps of his will, and all the signs of his approbation: ⟨p. 105⟩And with an Heroic fortitude of Love, to rejoice in sufferings, and venture upon dangers, and conquer difficulties for his sake.