A27004:791
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
Part 1 › Chapter 14: That there is a Life of Retribution after this.
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.
Obj. It would perfect the wit of a Brute if it were raised as high as a Mans; and yet it followeth not, that so it shall be.
Obj. It would perfect the wit of a Bruit if it were raised as high as a Mans; and yet it followeth not, that so it shall be.
Answ. I deny the antecedent: It would not perfect him in his kind, but make him another thing of another kind. Man is more than a perfect Brute, and a Brute is not an imperfect man: But I speak of perfecting man in his own kind, according to his Nature.
Answ. I deny the antecedent: It would not perfect him in his kinde, but make him another thing of another kinde. Man is more than a perfect Bruit, and a Bruit is not an imperfect man: But I speak of perfecting man in his own kinde, according to his Nature.
Obj. A Chicken hath a desire to live to full maturity, and yet you kill it before: And Grass and Plants may be cut down before they come to perfection.