A27004:627
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.
1§. 26. Therefore the final act of Love, hath no fitter name than Love it self, or delightful adhesion to God, the infinite Good, with full complacency in him.
1§. 26. Therefore the final act of Love, hath no fitter name than Love it self, or delightfull adhaesion to God, the infinite Good, with full complacency in him.
- 1Qui sancti? qui Religionem colentes, nisi qui meritam Diis immortalibus gratiam, justis honoribus, memory meant persolvunt? Cicer. pro. Planc.Qui sancti? qui Religionem colentes, nisi qui meritam Diis immortalibus gratiam, justis honoribus, memori mente persolvunt? Cicer. pro. Planc.
§. 27. Though God must be loved as our Benefactor, yet the perfect goodness of his Will and Nature, as standing above all our Interest or Benefits, must be the principal reason and Object of our Love.
That we must love God more for Himself,1 than for our selves, is thus proved: 1. That which is most Amiable must be most Loved: But God is most amiable, and not we our selves: Therefore he must be Loved above our selves, (and consequently not for our selves, but our selves for him:) The minor is soon proved: That which is most Good is most Amiable: But God is most good: Ergo. And Goodness is the proper object of Love.
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