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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.
§. 1. There is in the present disposition of Man a great averseness to such a life of Resignation, Obedience and Love to God, as is before described, even when he cannot deny it to be his duty, and to be the best, most honourable, and most felicitating life.
Too sad experience confirmeth this. The bad are so averse, that they will not be persuaded to it: the godly have such a mixture of averseness, as findeth them matter of continual conflict. It is this averseness which serveth instead of arguments against it, or which is a pondus to the very judgment, and maketh it so hard to believe any arguments which go against so strong a contrary inclination.
Too sad experience confirmeth this. The bad are so averse, that they will not be perswaded to it: the godly have such a mixture of averseness, as findeth them matter of continual conflict. It is this aversness which serveth instead of arguments against it, or which is a pondus to the very judgment, and maketh it so hard to believe any arguments which go against so strong a contrary inclination.
§. 2. We find that the senses of men are grown masterly and inordinate, and are too eagerly set upon their objects, and hold down the mind from rising higher, and cause it to adhere to things terrene.