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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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4. You may now see that Godliness is not the mere forbearance of the outward acts or practice of any sin. For else a sleep, or a prison might make a man Godly by restraining him from the acts of sin: He is ungodly that had rather live in the sin which through some restraint he doth forbear. If you would do it, you have done it, in Gods account.
4. You may now see that Godliness is not the meer forbearance of the outward acts or practice of any sin. For else a sleep, or a prison might make a man Godly by restraining him from the acts of sin: He is ungodly that had rather live in the sin which through some restraint he doth forbear. If you would do it, you have done it, in Gods account.
5. You may see also that whatsoever Religiousness, Obedience, or Endeavours subject Christ to the flesh and world, and make him give place to them and come behind, do not deserve the name of Godliness. You are not Godly, how far soever else you go, if God and your Salvation take not place before all the honours, profits and pleasures of the world. As he is not God that hath any Greater, Wiser or Better then himself; so that is not Godliness which giveth the precedency practically to any thing but God: that pretendeth never so highly to Honour him, and yet more esteemeth their own Honour with the world: or that professeth Love and Obedience to him, and yet Loveth and obeyeth a Lust before him, and sets more by Love and Obedience to themselves, then by their own or other mens Love or Obedience to God. All these are the cheating counterfeits of Godliness.
5. You may see also that whatsoever Religiousness, Obedience, or Endeavours subject Christ to the flesh and world, and make him give place to them and come behind, do not deserve the name of Godliness. You are not Godly, how far soever else you goe, if God and your Salvation take not place before all the honours, profits and pleasures of the world. As he is not God that hath any Greater, Wiser or Better then himself; so that is not Godliness which giveth the precedency practically to any thing but God: that pretendeth never so highly to Honour him, and yet more esteemeth their own Honour with the world: or that professeth Love and Obedience to him, and yet Loveth and obeyeth a Lust before him, and sets more by Love and Obedience to themselves, then by their own or other mens Love or Obedience to God. All these are the cheating counterfeits of Godliness.