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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.
§. 33. Those therefore that turn God's mercies to the gratifying of their sensitive appetites and lusts, and forget him, and offend him the more, and love him the less, do forfeit his mercies by their inhumane and irrational ingratitude and abuse.
Which is the sin of all proud, covetous, voluptuous persons; ⟨p. 109⟩the ambitious, fornicators, gluttons, drunkards, and lovers of sports, recreations, idleness, or any pleasure, as it turneth them from God.
§. 34. Above all other sin, 1we should most take heed of the inordinate love of any creature (for it self, or for our carnal self alone) because it is most contrary to our love to God, which is our highest work and duty.
- 1Coelestia semper spectato: illa humana contemnito. Cic. Somn. Scipi.