Naturally, men are prone to spin themselves a web of opinions out of their own brain, and to have a religion that may be called their own. They are far readier to make themselves a faith, than to receive that which God hath formed to their hands; are far readier to receive a doctrine that tends to their carnal commodity, or honor, or delight, than one that tends to self-denial.


A Treatise of Selfdenyall (ed. 1660)

Richard Baxter Quotes

Naturally, men are prone to spin themselves a web of opinions out of their own brain, and to have a religion that may be called their own. They are...

Naturally, men are prone to spin themselves a web of opinions out of their own brain, and to have a religion that may be called their own. They are...

Naturally, men are prone to spin themselves a web of opinions out of their own brain, and to have a religion that may be called their own. They are...

Naturally, men are prone to spin themselves a web of opinions out of their own brain, and to have a religion that may be called their own. They are...