A26895:113
The Christian religion expressed I, briefly in the ancient creeds, the Ten commandments, and…
The Christian religion expressed I, briefly in the ancient creeds, the Ten commandments, and the Lords prayer, and, II, more largely in a profession taken out of the Holy Scriptures, containing 1, the articles of the Christian belief, 2, our consent to the gospel covenant, 3, the sum of Christian duty, according to the primitive simplicity, purity, and practice, fitted to the right instruction of the ignorant, the promoting of holiness, and the charitable concord of all true believers ... / by Richard Baxter.
London : s.n., 1660
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6. It belongeth to the Office of the Ministers of Christ to Preach the Gospel to the nations of the world, and make them Christs Disciples, Baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
7. This Preaching or publishing the Gospel, is done by voice or by writing: that by voice, is done by Reading, by public Sermons, or interlocutory conference: that by writing is either by translating the holy Scriptures into the languages used by the Nations, or by expounding and applying them. So that the holy Scriptures in the original languages, are the word of God, both as to the terms and sense Grammatical and Doctrinal: The same Scriptures in a Translation are the word of God as to the sense, both Grammatical and Doctrinal; but not as to the Terms: The holy doctrine of the Scriptures delivered in the writings, and Sermons, and conferences of the Preachers of the Gospel, is the word of God, as to the Doctrinal sense; but not as to the terms or Grammatical sense, except when they recite the Scripture words, as in the original or translated.
7. This Preaching or publishing the Gospel, is done by voice or by writing: that by voice, is done by Reading, by publike Sermons, or interlocutory conference: that by writing is either by translating the holy Scriptures into the languages used by the Nations, or by expounding and applying them. So that the holy Scriptures in the original languages, are the word of God, both as to the terms and sense Grammatical and Doctrinal: The same Scriptures in a Translation are the word of God as to the sense, both Grammatical and Doctrinal; but not as to the Terms: The holy doctrine of the Scriptures delivered in the writings, and Sermons, and conferences of the Preachers of the Gospel, is the word of God, as to the Doctrinal sense; but not as to the terms or Grammatical sense, except when they recite the Scripture words, as in the original or translated.