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A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ...…
A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Francis Tyton, 1662
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Intrat amor merits usu: dediscitur usu: Qui poterit sanum finger, sanus erit.
Intrat amor mentes usu: dediscitur usu: Qui poterit sanum fingere, sanus erit.
Use kindleth it: and use quencheth it: He that can but live as a sound man, shall at last become a sound man. If you cannot overcome your inward Pride as you desire, you must not therefore ⟨p. 361⟩speak big, and look high, and swagger it out in bravery, and accompany with gallants, to avoid Hypocrisy: But you must speak humbly, and be clothed soberly, and accompany with the humble; And 1. this is the performance of one part of your duty; 2. and it is the expression of your Desires to be more humble, and consequently of some humility contained in these desires; 3. and it is the way to work your hearts to that humility which you want; or the way in which you must wait on God for the receiving of it: So if you cannot overcome the Love of the world as you desire, do not therefore forbear giving to the poor, for fear of Hypocrisy: But give the more, that you may perform so much of your duty as you can, and may the sooner overcome your worldly love. Some trees will be killed with often cropping: But if they will not, it is better that a poisonous plant should live only in the root, then sprout forth and be fruitful.
Use kindleth it: and use quencheth it: He that can but live as a sound man, shall at last become a sound man. If you cannot overcome your inward Pride as you desire, you must not therefore ⟨p. 361⟩speak big, and look high, and swagger it out in bravery, and accompany with gallants, to avoid Hypocrisie: But you must speak humbly, and be cloathed soberly, and accompany with the humble; And 1. this is the performance of one part of your duty; 2. and it is the expression of your Desires to be more humble, and consequently of some humility contained in these desires; 3. and it is the way to work your hearts to that humility which you want; or the way in which you must wait on God for the receiving of it: So if you cannot overcome the Love of the world as you desire, do not therefore forbear giving to the poor, for fear of Hypocrisie: But give the more, that you may perform so much of your duty as you can, and may the sooner overcome your worldly love. Some trees will be killed with often cropping: But if they will not, it is better that a poysonous plant should live only in the root, then sprout forth and be fruitful.