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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. 7. Whether it be possible, that so many and so wise and godly men (as their writings prove them) should give up their lives and all that they had and could have hoped for in this world, to persuade the world that they saw Christ Risen, if it were false; and to draw them to believe a falsehood that tended to the worldly ruin of them all?
Quer. 7. Whether it be possible, that so many and so wise and godly men (as their writings prove them) should give up their lives and all that they had and could have hoped for in this world, to perswade the world that they saw Christ Risen, if it were false; and to draw them to believe a falshood that tended to the worldly ruine of them all?
Quer. 8. And is it possible that if they had been so bad and mad, that so many thousands would have believed them, when their own frequent Miracles, Language, &c. were the witness of their fidelity to which they openly appealed? and this in the very age and place where all these things might easily be confuted if untrue? If I should pretend to convince the world by Languages not learned, and by other Miracles and gifts which I never had, would countries, or any sober persons believe me? or should I not be the common scorn? Would the Churches of the world have been planted by pretended Miracles that never were? would they all have given up estates and lives upon an evident lye? It was easy for them all to see and hear whether these things were done or not. And therefore he that seeth those Churches which were the proper effects of Miracles, may know the Cause; A real effect had a real cause.
Quer. 8. And is it possible that if they had been so bad and mad, that so many thousands would have believed them, when their own frequent Miracles, Language, &c. were the witness of their fidelity to which they openly appealed? and this in the very age and place where all these things might easily be confuted if untrue? If I should pretend to convince the world by Languages not learned, and by other Miracles and guifts which I never had, would countreys, or any sober persons believe me? or should I not be the common scorn? Would the Churches of the world have been planted by pretended Miracles that never were? would they all have given up estates and lives upon an evident lye? It was easie for them all to see and hear whether these things were done or not. And therefore he that seeth those Churches which were the proper effects of Miracles, may know the Cause; A real effect had a real cause.