A26895:124
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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16. This teaching of all our Parishioners that will submit, must be both personally and publicly, as far as we have ability and ⟨p. 35⟩opportunity. The former must be by Catechizing, and conference; wherein we must teach them first the essential points of Christianity, and labour to help them to the clearest understanding of the doctrine of Salvation; and press it on their affections, and help them to discern their sin and misery, and do all that we can to procure their conversion or edification, according to their several states; managing the whole work with those holy affections, that the weight of it doth require.
16. This teaching of all our Parishioners that will submit, must be both personally and publikely, as far as we have ability and ⟨p. 35⟩opportunity. The former must be by Catechizing, and conference; wherein we must teach them first the essential points of Christianity, and labour to help them to the clearest understanding of the doctrine of Salvation; and press it on their affections, and help them to discern their sin and misery, and do all that we can to procure their conversion or edification, according to their several states; manageing the whole work with those holy affections, that the weight of it doth require.
17. The great necessity of our neighbours, and the advantages of this familiar way, do tell us that this work of catechizing and conference is so great a part of our duty, that we should do it with much diligence, prudence and constancy. And the general precepts of doing all to edification and in order, oblige us ordinarily to appoint a stated time and place where every family may come in order; And if we are able we should go to them, that cannot or will not come to us, if they will but hear us.