A Christian Directory

Name: A Christian Directory
Author: Richard Baxter

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.

Richard Baxter 1615–1691London: printed by Robert White for Nevill Simmons, 1673

[35], 929, [5], 214 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. · 1.2M words · Wing B1219 · ESTC R21847

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Part 3 › Question 28: Quest. 28. Who is the Judge of Controversies in the Church? 1. About the Exposition of…Part 3 › Question 28: Quest. 28. Who is the Iudge of Controversies in the Church? 1. About the Exposition of…

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The Papists use to cheat poor unlearned persons that cannot justly discern things that differ, by puzzling them with this confused ambiguous question. Some things they cunningly and falsely take for granted, As that there is such a thing on Earth, as a Political Universal Church, headed by any Mortal Governor. Some things they shuffle together in equivocal words. They confound, 1. Public Judgement of Decision, and private judgement of discerning. 2. The Magistrates Judgement of Church-controversies, and the Pastors, and the several Cases, and Ends, and Effects of their several judgements. 3. Church-judgement as Directive to a particular Church, and as a means of the Concord of several Churches. Which being but distinguished, a few words will serve to clear the difficulty.

The Papists use to cheat poor unlearned persons that cannot justly discern things that differ, by puzling them with this confused ambiguous question. Some things they cunningly and falsly take for granted, As that there is such a thing on Earth, as a Political Universal Church, headed by any Mortal Governour. Some things they shuffle together in equivocal words. They confound, 1. Publick Iudgement of Decision, and private judgement of discerning. 2. The Magistrates Iudgement of Church-controversies, and the Pastors, and the several Cases, and Ends, and Effects of their several judgements. 3. Church-judgement as Directive to a particular Church, and as a means of the Concord of several Churches. Which being but distinguished, a few words will serve to clear the difficulty.

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1 As there is no Universal Humane Church (Constituted or Governed by a Mortal Head) so there is no Power set up by Christ to be an Universal Judge of either sort of Controversies, by decisive Judicial sentence: Nor any Universal Civil Monarch of the world.

1 As there is no Universal Humane Church (Constituted or Governed by a Mortal Head) so there is no Power set up by Christ to be an Universal Iudge of either sort of Controversies, by decisive Iudicial •entence: Nor any Universal Civil Monarch of the world.

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A Christian Directory

Quest. 29. Whether a Parents power over his Children, or a Pastor or many Pastors or Bishops over the same Children, as parts of their flock, be greater, or more obliging in matters of Religion and public Worship?

Quest. 29. Whether a Parents power over his Children, or a Pastor or many Pastors or Bishops over the same Children, as parts of their flock, be greater, or more obliging in matters of Religion and publick Worship?

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

Quest. 29. Whether a Parents power over his Children, or a Pastor or many Pastors or Bishops over the same Children, as parts of their flock, be greater, or more obliging in matters of Religion and public Worship?

Quest. 29. Whether a Parents power over his Children, or a Pastor or many Pastors or Bishops over the same Children, as parts of their flock, be greater, or more obliging in matters of Religion and publick Worship?

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