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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. Psalm 119. 5. O that my ways were directed to keep thy Statutes.] Rom. 7. 18. To will is present with •e.] Psalm 73. 25. Whom have I in heaven but thee, •nd there is none on earth, &c.] Isa. 26. 8. The desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of •hee.]
2. Psalm 119. 5. O that my wayes were directed to keep thy Statutes.] Rom. 7. 18. To will is present with •e.] Psalm 73. 25. Whom have I in heaven but thee, •nd there is none on earth, &c.] Isa. 26. 8. The desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of •hee.]
From these and such like texts it is evident, that [The principal desires of a godly man, and the choice of his will, is to be what God would have him be.]