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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. Moreover, it is a Base disposition that ungodly men are possessed with. Though their Natures are essentially noble as being the work of God, and capable of most glorious things; yet have they made them Dispositively Vile: They are fleshly-minded, earthly-minded, ignorant of Heavenly things, not savouring the things of the Spirit, but like the Serpent, crawling on earth, and feeding on the dust Grass is sweeter to a horse then junkets; and a little money or vain-glory is sweeter to a fleshly mind then God and Glory, and all the treasures of Saints and Angels. A swine never thinks of God or Heaven, but of his draff and sty: Ease, and good cheer, and money, and the flattery of men, are the God and the Heaven of sensual men. And are not these men of Base dishonourable spirits? Unworthy men! might you have an Everlasting life, and will you ⟨p. 267⟩prefer a few days fleshly pleasure? As surely as you may know the Baseness of a swine or dog by what they feed upon, so surely may you know the baseness of a carnal mind, by the baseness of its desires and delights.
4. Moreover, it is a Base disposition that ungodly men are possessed with. Though their Natures are essentially noble as being the work of God, and capable of most glorious things; yet have they made them Dispositively Vile: They are fleshlyminded, earthly-minded, ignorant of Heavenly things, not savouring the things of the Spirit, but like the Serpent, crawling on earth, and feeding on the dust Grass is sweeter to a horse then junkets; and a little money or vain-glory is sweeter to a fleshly mind then God and Glory, and all the treasures of Saints and Angels. A swine never thinks of God or Heaven, but of his draffe and stie: Ease, and good chear, and money, and the flattery of men, are the God and the Heaven of sensual men. And are not these men of Base dishonourable spirits? Unworthy men! might you have an Everlasting life, and will you ⟨p. 267⟩preferre a few dayes fleshly pleasure? As surely as you may know the Basenss of a swine or dog by what they feed upon, so surely may you know the baseness of a carnal mind, by the baseness of its desires and delights.