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A treatise of self-denial. By Richard Baxter, pastor of the church at KidderminsterA treatise of self-denial. By Richard Baxter, pastor of the church at Kederminster
London: printed by Robert White for Nevil Simmons, 1675
Treatise › Chapter 32: Unnecessary Knowledge, and Deligh therein
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6. Carnal Students are apt to learn in the ways which their interests and fancies lead them to: but holy Students learn of God in his prescribed way; that is, 1. In his Church, which is his School. 2. And in and by his holy Scripture, which is the book he sets us to learn. And 3. By his Ministers whom he commandeth to teach us. 4. And in obedience to his spirit that must make all effectual. And 5. In fervent prayer to God for that spirit and a blessing. This is Gods way in which he will bring men to saving knowledge.
6. Carnal Students are apt to learn in the wayes which their interests and fancies lead them to: but holy Students learn of God in his prescribed way; that is, 1. In his Church, which is his School. 2. And in and by his holy Scripture, which is the book he sets us to learn. And 3. By his Ministers whom he commandeth to teach us. 4. And in obedience to his spirit that must make all effectual. And 5. In fervent prayer to God for that spirit and a blessing. This is Gods way in which he will bring men to saving knowledge.
7. Also Carnal Students observe not (commonly) Gods order in their learning▪ but they begin at that which suits best with their carnal interest or disposition, as being least against it; and they catch here and there a little, and make what their list of it, and force it to their carnal sense, and to speak for that which their minds are most affected to. But the sanctified student, ⟨p. 213⟩begins at the bottom, and first seeks to know the Essentials of Religion, & Points that life lieth most upon: and so he proceeds in order, and takes the lesson which God and his Teachers set him, and takes up truths as they lie in order of necessity and use.
7. Also Carnal Students observe not (commonly) Gods order in their learning▪ but they begin at that which suteth best with their carnal interest or disposition, as being least against it; and they catch here and there a little, and make what their list of it, and force it to their carnal sense, and to speak for that which their minds are most affected to. But the sanctified student,