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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.
17. Christ was a sharp reprover of Hypocritical blind, ceremonious, malicious Pharisees; and1 warneth his disciples to take heed of their leaven. When they are offended with him, he saith every plant which my Heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up: Let them alone, they be blind leaders of the blind, &c. Mat. 15. 12, 13, 14. To teach us to take heed of Autonomous, Supercilious, domineering, formal Hypocrites, and false teachers, and to difference between the shepherds and the wolves.
17. Christ was a sharp reprover of Hypocritical blind, ceremonious, malitious Pharisees; and1 warneth his disciples to take heed of their leven. When they are offended with him, he saith every plant which my Heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up: Let them alone, they be blind leaders of the blind, &c. Mat. 15. 12, 13, 14. To teach us to take heed of Autonomous, Supercilious, domineering, formal Hypocrites, and false teachers, and to difference between the shepheards and the wolves.
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18. Though Christ seems cautiously to avoid the owning of the Romans Usurpation over the Jews, yet rather than offend them he payeth Tribute himself, Mat. 17. 25, 26, 27. and biddeth them Render to Caesar the things that are Caesars, and to God the things that are Gods: Mat. 22. 21