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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.
24. It is a contempt of the Greatness and Almightiness of God, when a silly Worm dare sin against him, who upholdeth the World, and can do Justice on him in a moment; as if we could make good our part against him.
25. It is a contempt of the attractive Goodness of God, by which he is Mans End and Happiness: As if all the Goodness and Love of God, were not enough to counterpoise the base and brutish pleasures of sin: and to drive the rational Soul to God? (It was his Efficient Goodness which I spake of before.)
25. It is a contempt of the attractive Goodness of God, by which he is Mans End and Happiness: As if all the Goodness and Love of God, were not enough to counterpoise the base and bruitish pleasures of sin: and to drive the rational Soul to God? (It was his Efficient Goodness which I spake of before.)
26. And thus it declareth, that we are so far void of Love to God: For Love is desirous to please.
26. And thus it declareth, that we are so farr void of Love to God: For Love is desirous to please.