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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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Quer. 9. Do you know why it is that God hath given man that knowledge, and free-will, and capacity to seek another life, which beasts have not, if he be intended for no other life then beasts? If God be no most Wise, he is not God. If he be, then he maketh not so excellent faculties as these in vain, but fitteth all his Creatures to their uses. Every workman will do so by his work. Why is a knife made keen, but to cut with? And what are the wheels of your watch or clock made for, but to show you the hour of the day? Look now into the whole frame of the soul of man, and judge by its aptitude what it is made for.
Quer. 9. Do you know why it is that God hath given man that knowledge, and free-will, and capacity to seek another life, which beasts have not, if he be intended for no other life then beasts? If God be no most Wise, he is not God. If he be, then he maketh not so excellent faculties as these in vain, but fitteth all his Creatures to their uses. Every workman will do so by his work. Why is a knife made keen, but to cut with? And what are the wheels of your watch or clock made for, but to shew you the hour of the day? Look now into the whole frame of the soul of man, and judge by its aptitude what it is made for.
1. Man is capable of Knowing that there is a God, and knowing his Attributes, which Beasts are not; because they be not made to enjoy him.
2. Man is capable of knowing his Relation to this God, that he is our Creator, and we his Creatures; he our Lord and we his Own; he our Ruler, and we he Subjects; he our Benefactor, and we his Beneficiaries: And we are capable of Knowing our Duty in these several Relations. And certainly all this is not in Vain.
2. Man is capable of knowing his Relation to this God, that he is our Creator, and we his Creatures; he our Lord and we his Own; he our Ruler, and we he Subjects; he our Benefactor, and we his Benificiaries: And we are capable of Knowing our Duty in these several Relations. And certainly all this is not in Vain.