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The Scripture Gospel defended, and Christ, grace, and free justification vindicated against the libertines…
The Scripture Gospel defended, and Christ, grace, and free justification vindicated against the libertines ... in two books : the first, a breviate of fifty controversies about justification ... : the second upon the sudden reviving of antinomianism ... and the re-printing of Dr. Crisp's sermons with additions ... / by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1690
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.
P. 230, 231. There is n•t any Duty you perform, when you have attained the highest pitch, that hath any prevalency or availableness, to produce to bring forth any the le•st Good to your selves: I say again, There is nothing you can do, from wh• […] you ought to expect any Gain to your selves by doing; you ought not to seek to find in what you do, &c. — No Believer for whom Christ dyed, should have the least Thought in his heart, of promoting or advancing himself, or any end of his own, by doing what he doth, but to glorify God, and do good to men.
P. 230, 231. There is n•t any Duty you perf•rm, when you have attained the highest pitch, that hath any prevalency or availableness, to produce to bring forth any the le•st Good to your selves: I say again, There is nothing you can do, from wh• 〈…〉 you ought to expect any Gain to your selves by doing; you ought not to seek to find in what you do, &c. — No Believer for whom Christ dyed, should have the least Thought in his heart, of promoting or advanceing himself, or any end of his own, by doing what he doth, but to glorifie God, and do good to men.
You cannot propound or intend to your selves any possible Gain by Duty, &c. Why then do men plough, and sow, and trade, and eat, &c. Is it not as much against Christ to do good for others, as for my self? Is glorifying God inconsistent with seeking to be saved?
You cannot propound or intend to your selves any possible Gain by Duty, &c. Why then do men plow, and sow, and trade, and eat, &c. Is it not as much against Christ to do good for others, as for my self? Is glorifying God inconsistent with seeking to be saved?