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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
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Is conversing with God in humble prayer, and believing his love, and loving him, and delighting in him, and speaking of his name, and word, and works unto his praise, and hoping to live with him for ever, I say, is this (which is the work of a Believer) a liker course to make men mad, then serving the Devil, and drudging in the world, and living under the curse of God, and in continual danger of damnation? What men are they, that dare entertain such horrid and unreasonable suggestions?
I confess we are not unacquainted with the sadness and melancholy that some persons have contracted by Religious employments; and perhaps one of a thousand may lose their wits: But I ⟨p. 36⟩must tell you, all these following points, that will show you that Religion is not to be blamed for it, nor avoided.
I confess we are not unacquainted with the sadness and melancholy that some persons have contracted by Religious employments; and perhaps one of a thousand may lose their wits: But I ⟨p. 36⟩must tell you, all these folowing points, that will shew you that Religion is not to be blamed for it, nor avoided.
1. It is ordinarily persons of the weaker sex, or of very weak brains and very strong passions, that are naturally inclined to it, and are not able to bear any long and serious thoughts, about matters of that moment, which are apt to make the deepest impressions: But persons that naturally are of sound and calm dispositions, are seldom troubled with any such affects.
1. It is ordinarily persons of the weaker sex, or of very weak brains and very strong passions, that are naturally inclined to it, and are not able to bear any long and serious thoughts, about matters of that moment, which are apt to make the deepest impressions: But persons that naturally are of sound and calme dispositions, are seldom troubled with any such affects.