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The second part of The nonconformists plea for peace being an account of their…
The second part of The nonconformists plea for peace being an account of their principles about civil and ecclesiastical authority and obedience ... : mostly written many years past, and now published to save our lives and the kingdoms peace, from the false and bloody plotters ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1680
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.
55. The Grand Law of LOVE is the first and last, the Summary and the final Law of God; that is, to LOVE GOD first, in and for Himself, and then to love his Image appearing in his works, especially on the Rational creature, according to the measures of that Image on them; which is, to Love God as God with all our heart and soul and might, and our neighbour as our selves.
56. This Love was mans great duty in Innocency; and in perfection shall be our work in Glory.
57. This was that state of Holiness that man fell from, and which Christ came to reconcile and to restore him to: And which is peculiarly called GODLINESS or SANCTIFICATION in the New Testament, as distinct from Faith, in its narrower, mediate, official notion.
58. As the work of Christ our Redeemer and Mediator is to bring man back to God the Creator; so Faith in Christ, and all Evangelical positive Institutions, are the Bellows and fuel of this Love; and means to it as the end.
58. As the work of Christ our Redeemer and Mediator is to bring man back to God the Creator; so Faith in Christ, and all Evangelical positive Institutions, are the Bellows and fewel of this Love; and means to it as the end.