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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.
12. It is a falsifying or contempt of his dreadful Threatenings, as if he did not intend any execution of them, but made them only as a deceitful terror to frighten men from sin, for want of better means.
12. It is a falsifying or contempt of his dreadfull Threatnings, as if he did not intend any execution of them, but made them only as a deceitfull terror to frighten men from sin, for want of better means.
13. It is a denial or contempt of the dreadful future Judgement of God, as if he would never call men to any account, nor judge them according to his Laws.
13. It is a denyal or contempt of the dreadfull future Judgement of God, as if he would never call men to any account, nor judge them according to his Laws.
14. It is a denying the Veracity of God, as if he were a Liar and Deceiver, and did not intend the things which he speaketh; As if his Precepts were but a false pretension, and he were indeed indifferent what we did, and were not to be believed in his predictions, promises, or threats.
14. It is a denying the Veracity of God, as if he were a Lyar and Deceiver, and did not intend the things which he speaketh; As if his Precepts were but a false pretension, and he were indeed indifferent what we did, and were not to be believed in his predictions, promises, or threats.