A26892:1914
A Christian Directory
A Christian directory, or, A sum of practical theology and cases of conscience directing Christians how to use their knowledge and faith, how to improve all helps and means, and to perform all duties, how to overcome temptations, and to escape or mortify every sin : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.A Christian directory, or, A summ of practical theologie and cases of conscience directing Christians how to use their knowledge and faith, how to improve all helps and means, and to perform all duties, how to overcome temptations, and to escape or mortifie every sin : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by Robert White for Nevill Simmons, 1673
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Part 1 › Chapter 4 › Part 5: Directions against Pride, and for Humility.
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.
12. Self-idolizing Papists accuse their inferiors for Pride, if they do but modestly exercise a judgement 1of discretion about the matters that their salvation is concerned in, and do not implicitly believe as they believe, and forbear to prove or try their sayings, and swallow not all without any chewing, and offer to object the commands of God against any unlawful commands of men: As if God were contented to suspend his Laws, when ever mens commands do contradict them; or humility required us to please and obey men at the price of the loss of our salvation. They think that we should not busy our selves to enquire into such matters, but trust them with our souls, and that the Scriptures are not for the laity to read, but they must wholly rely upon the clergy: And if a lay man enquire into their Doctrine or Commands, they say as Davids brother to him, 1 Sam. 17. 28. [With whom hast thou left the sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thy heart].
12. Self-idolizing Papists accuse their inferiors for Pride, if they do but modestly exercise a judgement 1of discretion about the matters that their salvation is concerned in, and do not implicitly believe as they believe, and forbear to prove or try their sayings, and swallow not all without any chewing, and offer to object the commands of God against any unlawful commands of men: As if God were contented to suspend his Laws, when ever mens commands do contradict them; or humility required us to please and obey men at the price of the loss of our salvation. They think that we should not busy our selves to enquire into such matters, but trust them with our souls, and that the Scriptures are not for the laity to read, but they must wholly relie upon the clergie: And if a lay man enquire into their Doctrine or Commands, they say as Davids brother to him, 1 Sam. 17. 28. [With whom hast thou left the sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thy heart].
- 1Cum humilitatis causa mentiris, si non eras peccator antequam mentiris, mentiendo efficiens quod evitaas. Augustin. de Verb. Apost.