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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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2. Works of Justice also have their pleasure: For they demonstrate the Justice of God himself, from whom they do proceed. That which is most Pleasant to God, should be most Pleasant unto us. And as he hath bid us, not forget to do good and to communicate, because with such sacrifice he is well pleased, Heb. 13. 16. so he hath told us that he delighteth in the exercise of loving-kindness, judgement, and righteousness in the earth, Jer. 9. 24. He hath showed us, what is good: and what doth he require of us, but to do justly, and love mercy, and walk humbly with our God? Mich. 6. 8. And therefore he commandeth Israel, Hos. 12. 6. [Turn thou to thy God: Keep Mercy and Judgement: and wait on thy God continually.] Private justice between man and man, and family justice between parents and children, masters and servants, and Political justice between the Magistrates and the people, do all maintain the order of the world, and procure both public and private peace. It is selfishness and injustice, tyranny, oppression, disobedience and rebellion, that procure the miseries of the world: But Righteousness is safe and sweet.
2. Works of Justice also have their pleasure: For they demonstrate the Justice of God himself, from whom they do proceed. That which is most Pleasant to God, should be most Pleasant unto us. And as he hath bid us, not forget to do good and to communicate, because with such sacrifice he is well pleased, Heb. 13. 16. so he hath told us that he delighteth in the exercise of loving-kindness, judgement, and righteousness in the earth, Jer. 9. 24. He hath shewed us, what is good: and what doth he require of us, but to do justly, and love mercy, and walk humbly with our God? Mich. 6. 8. And therefore he commandeth Israel, Hos. 12. 6. [Turn thou to thy God: Keep Mercy and Judgement: and wait on thy God continually.] Private justice between man and man, and familyjustice between parents and children, masters and servants, and Political justice between the Magistrates and the people, do all maintain the order of the world, and procure both publike and private peace. It is selfishness and injustice, tyrannie, oppression, disobedience and rebellion, that procure the miseries of the world: But Righteousness is safe and sweet.