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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. In its formal nature, it is the violation of a perfect righteous Law.
2. It is a contempt or denial of God's governing authority over us.
3. It is the usurping of the government of our selves, which we denied to God.
14. It is a denial or contempt of the wisdom of God, as if he had erred in the making of his Laws, and knew not so well what is just, and meet, and good for us, as we our selves, and were not wise enough to govern a lump of animated clay.
- 1The Athenians punished not only the total violation of a Law, but even of a clause or part of a Law.