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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Were I minded to be long, I would show you from these twelve particular Instances, the abundant Pleasure of Holy Knowledge.
Were I minded to be long, I would shew you from these twelve particular Instances, the abundant Pleasure of Holy Knowledge.
1. What a Pleasant thing is it to know the Lord, the Eternal God, in his blessed Attributes! The dimmest glimmering Knowledge ⟨p. 276⟩of God, is better then the clearest Knowledge of all the mysteries of nature.
2. How Pleasant is it to know the works of his Creation? How, and why, and when he made the world, and all that is therein?
3. How Pleasant is it to know the blessed Son of God, and to behold the face of his Fathers Love that is revealed in him as his fullest Image?