A27004:622
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.
§. 21. 3. The final perfect act of Love will not be in via, but when we have fully reached our end.
§. 21. 3. The final perfect act of Love will not be in via, but when we have fully reacht our end.
§. 22. This final act is not well expressed by the common word [fruition] because it intimateth that we are the finis cui our selves, and that our own enjoyment of God as our felicity, is the finis ultimatè ultimus, which is not true.
§. 23. Yet is [fruition] one ingredient into our End, because our final act of Love is for our selves, though not principally.
1§. 24. All the difficulties de fine hominis are best resolved by understanding that it is finis amantis, and what that is: The Nature of Love is an inclination or desire of Union or Adhesion: And therefore it includeth the felicity of the Lover, together with the attractive excellency of the Object; 2