A27004:867
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.
15. It is a contempt of all the Mercies even of this life, which flesh it self doth overvalue; As if protection, provision, deliverances, comforts, were not so much to be regarded, as our Concupiscence; nor were not of weight enough to bind us to obey so merciful a God; and as if Ingratitude were no Crime.
15. It is a contempt of all the Mercies even of this life, which flesh it self doth overvalue; As if protection, provision, deliverances, comforts, were not so much to be regarded, as our Concupiscence; nor were not of weight enough to bind us to obey so mercifull a God; and as if Ingratitude were no Crime.
16. It is a contempt of those Castigatory Afflictions, by which God driveth men from sin, by giving them a taste of the bitterness of its fruits.
17. It is a contempt of all the examples of his Mercy and his Judgements upon others: by which he hath showed us how good he is, and how just a punisher of sin.
17. It is a contempt of all the examples of his Mercy and his Judgements upon others: by which he hath shewed us how good he is, and how just a punisher of sin.