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The catechizing of families a teacher of householders how to teach their householdsThe catechizing of families a teacher of housholders how to teach their housholds
The catechizing of families a teacher of householders how to teach their households : useful also to school-masters and tutors of youth : for those that are past the common small catechisms [sic], and would grow to a more rooted faith, and to the fuller understanding of all that is commonly needful to a safe, holy comfortable and profitable life / written by Richard Baxter ...The catechizing of families a teacher of housholders how to teach their housholds : useful also to school-masters and tutors of youth : for those that are past the common small chatechisms [sic], and would grow to a more rooted faith, and to the fuller understanding of all that is commonly needful to a safe, holy comfortable and profitable life / written by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed for T. Parkhurst, 1683
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.
Q. 2. What is it to be a Saint?
A. To be separated from a common and unclean Conversation unto God, and to be absolutely devoted to him, to Love, serve and trust him, and hope for his Salvation.
Q. 3. Are all Saints that are members of the catholic Church?
Q. 3. Are all Saints that are members of the catholick Church?
A. Yes, by Profession, if not in sincerity: All that are sincere and living members of the Church are really devoted to God by Heart-consent: and the rest are devoted by Baptism and outward Profession, and are Hypocrites, pretending falsely to be real Saints.a
A. Yes, by Profession, if not in sincerity: All that are sincere and living members of the Church are really devoted to God by Heart-consent: and the rest are devoted by Baptism and outward Profession, and are Hypocrites, pretending falsly to be real Saints.