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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.
11. And the Holy Ghost telleth us also from the instance of Ishmael and Isaac, that as he that was born of the flesh, did persecute him that was born after the spirit, even so it is now, Gal. 4. 29.
11. And the Holy Ghost telleth us also from the instance of Ishmael and Isaak, that as he that was born of the flesh, did persecute him that was born after the spirit, even so it is now, Gal. 4. 29.
12. And the universal history and experience of all the world, from Cain till now, doth so fully confirm this truth, as tends much to confirm our belief of the prediction.
13. This enmity proceedeth from the Carnal vicious inclination and interest of wicked men, and the unchangeable enmity of the word and way of God to such inclinations and interest, and the devoted resolution of all true Christians, to stick to Christ and take his part, and to fight against the flesh, the world and the Devil to the death.