Baxter - Houston-Packer Collection BT770 .B39 1670

The Life o FQith; 23 3 their eyes, and ears, and limbs, &c. whichofthete were more fuitable to humanity, and more eatie for a found man to obey (though thefirii might belt fuit with the lame, and blind, and fiek) and why thould not the goodnefs of Gods Law be dif- cerned, which requireth men to ufe the higber faculties, the Keafon, and Elellive, and Executive Pervers, which God hath given them ? If men thould make a Law, 'that no one thould ufe bis Reafon to get Learning, or for his Trade or bufinefs in the world, you would think that it were an inftitution ofa Kingdom ofBedlams, or a herd of beafts : And thould not you then be required to ufe your Reafon faithfully and dili- gently in greaterthings ? 2. And if one Law were made, that every man that tra- veleth thall.umble and wallow in the dirt, and wander up and downout ofhis way ; and that every man that eatcth and drinketh, thould feed on dirt, and ditch - water, or poyfon, &c. And another Law, that all men thould keep their right way, and live foberly, and feed healthfully ; which of thefc would fit a wife man bcti, and be eafiefi to o` ey ? or if one Law were made, that all Scholars ¡hall learnnothing but lies and errours ; and another, that they (hail learn nothing but truth and wifdons, which of them would be more eafie and fuitable to humanity ? (Though the fir(# might be more pleating to f sme fools.) Why then thould not the goodnefs of Gods Laws be confeffed, who doth but forbid men learning themots pernicious errours, and wandering in the maze of folly, and wallowing in thedirt of fcnfuality, and feeding on ,,the dung and poyfonof tin ? Is the love ofa harlot, or ofglut- tony, drunkennenfs, rioting, or gaming, more fuitable to hu- manity, than the Love ofGed, and Heaven, and Holinef?,of Wit- dom, Temperance, and doing good ? To a Swineor a Bedlam it may be more fuitable ; but not to one that liveth like a man. What did God ever forbid you, that was not hurtful to you ? And what did he ever commandyou, which was not for your benefit? either for your prefent delight, or for your futurehappinefs; for the healing of your difeafes, or the pre. venting them? And if Reafon can difcern the goodnefs of Gods Laws to u!, Faith can acknowledge it with more advantage. For we cats Gg (ta

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