A26892:7334
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.
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.
13. Any unnecessary burden imposed on the Consciences of Christians; especially as necessary either to their salvation, communion, liberty or peace.
14. And the exercise of any power, pretended to be either Primitive and underived, or Infallible, or Impeccable, or Absolute.
15. In general, any thing that is contrary to the Authority, matter, form, obligation, honour or ends of the Laws of God, in Nature or Scripture.
16. Any▪thing which setteth up those Judaical Laws and Ceremonies which Christ hath abrogated, in that form and respect in which he abrogated them.
17. Where there is a doubt among sober Conscionable Christians, lest in obeying man they should sin against God and disobey his Laws, and the matter doubted of is confessed unnecessary by the Imposers; So Infinite is the distance between God and Man, and so wholly dependent on him are the Highest, that they should be exceeding unwilling to vie with the Authority of their maker in mens Consciences, or to do any thing unnecessary which tendeth to compel men to tread down Gods Authority in their Consciences, and to prefer mans. Much more unwilling should they be, to silence the sober Preachers of Christs Gospel upon such accounts.