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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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10. That man can be no Honest man that wanteth the very principle of Honesty, and that intendeth not the End that's necessary to make any action truly Honest: But such are all ungodly men.
10. That man can be no Honest man that wanteth the very principle of Honesty, and that intendeth not the End thats necessary to make any action truly Honest: But such are all ungodly men.
1. The Principle of true Honesty is the high esteem of God and everlasting life, in our understandings, and the belief of Gods revelations necessary to the attaining of that life, and the prevailing Love of God in the heart, and the Love of man for his sake. Without these Principles of Honesty, no man can be Honest. How can he be an Honest man that Believeth not his maker? He that taketh God for a liar, hath no reason to be taken for any better himself. For would he be thought better then he takes God himself to be? nor can he in reason be expected to believe any man else: For none can be better then God. And is that an honest man that professeth himself a Liar, and taketh all men to be so too?
1. The Principle of true Honesty is the high esteem of God and everlasting life, in our undestandings, and the belief of Gods revelations necessary to the attaining of that life, and the prevailing Love of God in the heart, and the Love of man for his sake. Without these Principles of Honesty, no man can be Honest. How can he be an Honest man that Believeth not his maker? He that taketh God for a lyer, hath no reason to be taken for any better himself. For would he be thought better then he takes God himself to be? nor can he in reason be expected to believe any man else: For none can be better then God. And is that an honest man that professeth himself a Lyer, and taketh all men to be so too?