A27059:117
Two disputations of original sin I. of original sin as from Adam, II. of…
Two disputations of original sin I. of original sin as from Adam, II. of original sin as from our nearer parents : written long ago for a more private use, and now published (with a preface) upon the invitation of Dr. T. Tully / by Richard Baxter.Two disputations of original sin I. of original sin as from Adam, II. of original sin as from our neerer parents : written long ago for a more private use, and now published (with a preface) upon the invitation of Dr. T. Tullie / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Robert Gibbs, 1675
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Arg. 6. Man was naturally obliged to love God above all, and serve and please him with all his powers: go. he was naturally disposed hereunto. The Antecedent is plain; in that God by mere Resultancy having made man a rational free agent, was related to him as his Creator, Lord, and Ruler, and Benefactor; and man related to him as his creature, as his own, as his subject, and as his Beneficiary: and go. must needs be bound by virtue of this relation, to love God with all his heart, and be thankful to him, and devoted to his will and service. The consequence is proved; in that God fitteth all his creatures to their use, not only by a naked power, but by a convenient inclination for ⟨p. 73⟩the actuating of that power: go. he did so by man: he did not lay all this duty on him, without giving him an aptitude and disposition suitable thereto.
Arg. 6. Man was naturally obliged to love God above all, and serve and please him with all his powers: go. he was naturally disposed hereunto. The Antecedent is plain; in that God by meer Resultancy having made man a rational free agent, was related to him as his Creator, Lord, and Ruler, and Benefactor; and man related to him as his creature, as his own, as his subject, and as his Beneficiary: and go. must needs be bound by virtue of this relation, to love God with all his heart, and be thankful to him, and devoted to his will and service. The consequence is proved; in that God fitteth all his creatures to their use, not only by a naked power, but by a convenient inclination for ⟨p. 73⟩the actuating of that power: go. he did so by man: he did not lay all this duty on him, without giving him an aptitude and disposition suitable thereto.
Arg. 7. The contrary Doctrine too much favoureth Infidelity, as to mans immortal happiness with God.