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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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2. And truly Ignorant ungodly men are unmeet Judges. And it is they that bawl against Religion, and speak against they know not what. 1. They are Blind by nature, and more blind by customary sin: And must a Blind man be your Judge or witness, in a case of everlasting moment? 2. They are unexperienced in the ways of God. How can they judge of a state that they were never in, and of a way that they never went? They never tried the work of the new birth, nor never tried the holy exercise of faith, or Love or any Grace; and therefore you may as well take the Judgement of a simple man concerning another country that was never there, or concerning Navigation, that never was at sea, or concerning Learning that never read a book, or concerning Music that never touched an Instrument, as the Judgement of an unsanctified man concerning Holiness ▪ and Communion with God: unless it be those that have a common convincing light, that causeth them to approve of that which they neglect themselves.
2. And truly Ignorant ungodly men are unmeet Judges. And it is they that bawle against Religion, and speak against they know not what. 1. They are Blind by nature, and more blind by customary sin: And must a Blind man be your Judge or witness, in a case of everlasting moment? 2. They are unexperienced in the ways of God. How can they judge of a state that they were never in, and of a way that they never went? They never tryed the work of the new birth, nor never tryed the holy exercise of faith, or Love or any Grace; and therefore you may as well take the Judgement of a simple man concerning another countrey that was never there, or concerning Navigation, that never was at sea, or concerning Learning that never read a book, or concerning Musick that never toucht an Instrument, as the Judgement of an unsanctified man concerning Holines• ▪ and Communion with God: unless it be those that have a common convincing light, that causeth them to approve of that which they neglect themselves.
3. And certainly your own s•y and fleshly mid are unfit