A26892:6746
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 3 › Question 72: Quest. 72. Are Forms of Prayer or Preaching in the Church lawful?
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Quest. 72. Are Forms of Prayer or Preaching in the Church lawful?
Answ. Yes: Most Ministers study the Methodical form of their Sermons before they preach1 them: And many write the very words, or study them: And so most Sermons are a form. And sure it is as lawful to think before hand what to say in praying as in preaching.
Answ. YEs: Most Ministers study the Methodical form of their Sermons before they preach1 them: And many write the very words, or study them: And so most Sermons are a form. And sure it is as lawful to think before hand what to say in praying as in preaching.
- 1God gave forms of preaching to Moses and the Prophets: See a large form of prayer for all the people, Deut. 26. 13, 14, 15. And so elsewhere there are many.
1. That which God hath not forbidden is lawful: But God hath not forbidden Ministers to study their Sermons or Prayers, either for matter, method or words, and so to make them many ways a form.