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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.
18. He is most virtuous that most seeketh his own profit or conservation, (and contrarily he worst that most neglecteth it).
18. He is most vertuous that most seeketh his own profit or conservation, (and contrarily he worst that most neglecteth it).
19. To do any thing virtuously is nothing else but to seek ones own profit rationally.
19. To do any thing vertuously is nothing else but to seek ones own profit rationally.
20. No man seeks his own preservation for the sake of any thing else.
21. To understand is mans profit, and to know God (that is, Infinite substance or All Entity) is the chief Virtue.
21. To understand is mans profit, and to know God (that is, Infinite substance or All Entity) is the chief Vertue.