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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.
CHAP. XIII. Experiments of the difficulty of all this Duty, and what it will cost a man that will live this holy life.
Hitherto I have proved that there is a GOD, of Infinite Power, Wisdom and Goodness; the Creator, and consequently the Owner, the Ruler, and the Father or Chief Good of Man; and that Man as his creature is absolutely his own, and therefore should resign himself as his own to his disposal; and that he is absolutely his subject, and therefore should most exactly and diligently obey him; and I have showed particularly wherein; also that Man is his Total Beneficiary, and made to love him as his chief Good and End; and therefore ⟨p. 115⟩should totally devote himself to him in gratitude and love, 1and desire him, seek him and delight in him above all the world, and live in his praises and continual service. All this is fully proved to be Man's duty. And now let us see on what terms he standeth in the world for the performance of it.
HItherto I have proved that there is a GOD, of Infinite Power, Wisdom and Goodness; the Creator, and consequently the Owner, the Ruler, and the Father or Chief Good of Man; and that Man as his creature is absolutely his own, and therefore should resign himself as his own to his disposal; and that he is absolutely his subject, and therefore should most exactly and diligently obey him; and I have shew'd particularly wherein; also that Man is his Total Beneficiary, and made to love him as his chief Good and End; and therefore ⟨p. 115⟩should totally devote himself to him in gratitude and love, 1