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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
5. And too often do their corruptions get advantage of them, and produce some actual sin, of thought, word or […] and this also must be grievous to them.
5. And too often do their corruptions get advantage of them, and produce some actual sin, of thought, word or 〈…〉 and this also must be grievous to them.
6. The very Bodily infirmities of Believers, are a constant help to keep them humble. They have all this treasure but is earthen vessels, 2 Cor. 4. 7. Their souls are here so poorly lodged in corruptible Tabernacles of earth, and so meanly clothed with frail, diseased, mortal flesh, that it is madness to be proud.
6. The very Bodily informities of Believers, are a constant help to keep them humble. They have all this treasure but is earthen vessels, 2 Cor. 4. 7. Their souls are here so poorly lodged in corruptible Tabernacles of earth, and so meanly cloathed with frail, diseased, mortal flesh, that it is madness to be proud.
7. And the many and great afflictions of the godly, are medicines that are purposely given them by their Physician to cure Pride, and keep them humble. Why else must their sufferings be so many? and why must they daily bear the Cross? but that they may be conformed to the image of Christ.
7. And the many and great afflictions of the godly, are medicines that are purposely given them by their Physicion to cure Pride, and keep them humble. Why else must their sufferings be so many? and why must they daily bear the Cross? but that they may be conformed to the image of Christ.