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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.
§. 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.
§. 35. Those mercies of God are most to be valued, desired and sought, which show us most of God himself, or most help up our love to him.
§. 35. Those mercies of God are most to be valued, desired and sought, which shew us most of God himself, or most help up our love to him.
§. 36. We must love both our natural selves and neighbours, the bad as well as the good, with a love of benevolence, desiring our own good and theirs: But at the same time we must hate our selves and them, so far as wicked, with the hatred of Displicency: and with the love of Complacency, must only so far love our selves or others, as the Image of Divine Goodness is in us or them.