A26895:181
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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72. Into these Associations such Pastors and Churches should be received that make a credible Profession of Faith and Holiness, and no other: And they that are Heretics, or of scandalous ungodly lives, must after a first and second admonition, if they remain impenitent, be rejected and disowned by the Faithful Pastors and Churches.
72. Into these Associations such Pastors and Churches should be received that make a credible Profession of Faith and Holiness, and no other: And they that are Hereticks, or of scandalous ungodly lives, must after a first and second admonition, if they remain impenitent, be rejected and disowned by the Faithful Pastors and Churches.
73. Where the fixing of a stated President in each of these Associations is requisite for the peace and edification of the Brethren, it may well be yielded to: but however a special care must be had to prevent contentions and divisions: and therefore perverse disputings must be suppressed; and proud, self-conceited, domineering persons, and such as are of fiery, turbulent, contentious spirits, and also subtle heretics and dividers, must be watched against as the plague of the Churches, and all possible charity, humility, meekness, self-denial, and zeal for holy concord, must be exercised.
73. Where the fixing of a stated President in each of these Associations is requisite for the peace and edification of the Brethren, it may well be yielded to: but however a special care must be had to prevent contentions and divisions: and therefore perverse disputings must be suppressed; and proud, self-conceited, domineering persons, and such as are of fiery, turbulent, contentious spirits, and also subtile hereticks and dividers, must be watched against as the plague of the Churches, and all possible charity, humility, meekness, self-denyal, and zeal for holy concord, must be exercised.