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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.
3. As to the quality of their business; Martha's was of less necessity or concernment, though good and honest in its place: but Mary's was about the thing of absolute necessity.
Also Martha's was Good in its season, but a lesser good: but Mary's was [that Good part,] which containeth all other good, or referreth to it, and therefore was to be preferred.
4. And therefore as to the continuance, Mary's being a more eligible employment, and about an everlasting treasure, shall not be taken from her, when the fruit of Martha's employment will quickly have an end.
4. And therefore as to the continuance, Mary's being a more eligible imployment, and about an everlasting treasure, shall not be taken from her, when the fruit of Martha's imployment will quickly have an end.
Yet in these different cases, each one had her choice: Had Martha chosen better, she had had better. And the choice much proceeded from the judgement and disposition: Had she judged ⟨p. 8⟩