ín Conttíbíng an'ß 33ebentptíon. 435 PanReligion. For fiince God hathby fo many miracu- Chapa 21 . lous Effe&s, the infallible indicationsof His Favour to the perfon ofJefus Chrift, juftified his DoEtrine, no rea- fonable doubt can remain concerning it. Indeed the internal Excellenciesof it which are vifible to the purg- ed Eye ofthe Soul, are clear marks of its Divinity. The Myftery ofour Redemption is made upof various Yid. Mr, parts, in the Union of which fuch an evident Wifdom Baxter's cx- appears, that the rational Mind, unlefs enflaved by pre- conicO e judice, muff be ravifht into a compliance. Even that Re.tfoAa;t °- e^ efChrift which molt offends Senfe, the Meannefs of our Savi- na rs our's condition in the World, and the miferies towhich He was expos'd, do fo perfcEtly correfpond with his great defign to make Men holy and heavenly, that it appears to be the effet of molt wifeCounfel. His Death on theCrofs is fo much not unbecoming. God,as an infinite Love and unconceivable Compaffion is be- cominghim. And fuch a Beauty ofHolinefs fhines in the Moralpart,as clearly proves God to be its Author. It denounces War againft;. all Vices, and commands every Vertue. All that is excellent in humane Infti- tutions it delivers with infinite more author,ity and effi- cacy : And what natural Reafon didnot reach to, it ful- ly defcribes inorder to the Glory ofGod and the Hap. pinefs ofMan. Now as God,, the Author ofNature, bath by Taftes, and Smells and other fenfible qualities, diftinguifh'dthingswholefoin from noxious even to the lowett living Creatures ; fo He hath much more di ítingufh'd objets that, are laving from deadly, that is, the true.Religion from the falfeby.undoubted evidences to any ,.who will exercifeï their Spiritual Settles, and fincerely defire to know and obey it. And that all the wife andholy, .embrace& it in the faceof the greateft difcouragements, is an unanfwerable Argument that pleafingf.to God., For how is it poffble that the K k k a Good
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