A27004:690
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§. 9. The inordinacy of the fleshly appetite and fantasy, maketh it a continual pain to the flesh to be restrained and denied.
1§. 9. The inordinacy of the fleshly appetite and phantasie, maketh it a continual pain to the flesh to be restrained and denied.
- 1Rari quippe boni: numero vix sunt totidem quot Thebarum portae, vel divitis ostia Nili. Juven. Quae ego scio, populus non probat: Quae probat populus ego nescio. Sen. ep. 29.
As it is to a head-strong wilful Horse to be governed, the more inordinate the appetite is, the more it is pained by denial and restraint.
§. 10. The far greatest part of the world do live an ungodly sensual life, and the interest of the flesh is predominant in them.