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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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3. And yet there is an exciting Difficulty in many things that are offered to our Knowledge, which doth but make our holy studies the more delightful. If the Word of God were so plain and obvious to all, that it might be all understood at the first reading, the plainness would bring our Sacred Knowledge into contempt, ⟨p. 275⟩as being an easy common thing. Things common and easily got, are little set by: But when the plainness is such as may prevent our despair and dissatisfaction, and yet the Difficulty such, that it may hold us in study, and prevent our contempt, it makes the most delightful Knowledge. It is Pleasant to find some daily addition to our Light, and to be on the gaining and thriving hand, and this upon our diligent search: Successes are as pleasant as a present fullness of supplies: The daily blessing of God upon our studies, and humble learning, addeth to our delight. So that all this set together, may show you how pleasant a thing it is to have the Knowledge of a Saint.
3. And yet there is an exciting Difficulty in many things that are offered to our Knowledge, which doth but make our holy studies the more delightful. If the Word of God were so plain and obvious to all, that it might be all understood at the first reading, the plainness would bring our Sacred Knowledge into contempt, ⟨p. 275⟩as being an easie common thing. Things common and easily got, are little set by: But when the plainness is such as may prevent our despair and dissatisfaction, and yet the Difficulty such, that it may hold us in study, and prevent our contempt, it makes the most delightful Knowledge. It is Pleasant to find some daily addition to our Light, and to be on the gaining and thriving hand, and this upon our diligent search: Successes are as pleasant as a present fulness of supplies: The daily blessing of God upon our studies, and humble learning, addeth to our delight. So that all this set together, may shew you how pleasant a thing it is to have the Knowledge of a Saint.