A26865:128
An apology for the nonconformists ministry containing I. the reasons of their preaching, II.…
An apology for the nonconformists ministry containing I. the reasons of their preaching, II. an answer to the accusations urged as reasons for the silencing of about 2000 by Bishop Morley ..., III. reasons proving it the duty and interest of the bishops and conformists to endeavour earnestly their restoration : with a postscript upon oral debates with Mr. H. Dodwell, against his reasons for their silence ... : written in 1668 and 1669, for the most of it, and now published as an addition to the defence against Dr. Stillingfleet, and as an account to the silencers of the reasons of our practice / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for T. Parkhurst and D. Newman, 1681
AN APOLOGY FOR THE SILENCED MINISTERS, Especially for their not cea… › Part 3
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Luk. 9. 62. No man having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God. Both Christians as such, and Ministers as such, must absolutely give up themselves to Christ, and not look back for fear of man, whatever it cost them to proceed.
Luk. 9. 62. No man having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God. Both Christians as such, and Ministers as such, must absolutely give up themselves to Christ, and not look back for fear of man, whatever it cost them to proceed.
3. Mat. 9. 38. Luk. 10. 2. Christ commandeth, Pray the Lord of the harvest to send forth labourers into his harvest; viz. because the harvest is great, and the labourers few. And this is every Christians daily prayer, when we say, Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. If it be our duty daily to pray God to proportion the number of Labourers to the greatness and necessity of the work; and that his Kingdom, and the obedience of his will, may be by his appointed means promoted on earth, then it is our duty to do as we pray, and not play the hypocrites with God, as St. James his reproved hypocrites did as to the relieving of the poor; that said, Go and be clothed and warmed, but gave them neither clothes nor food. For a called Minister to pray, Lord send out more Preachers, and such as will promote thy Kingdom, and persuade the world to do thy will; while he forbeareth to Preach himself, because that man forbiddeth him unwarrantably, this is as very a mocking of God, as it would be by the rich and covetous to pray, Lord send some to relieve the poor, when he giveth them nothing of his abundance.