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Compassionate counsel to all young men especially I. London apprentices, II. students of divinity,…
Compassionate counsel to all young men especially I. London apprentices, II. students of divinity, physic, and law, III. the sons of magistrates and rich men / by Richard Baxter.Compassionate counsel to all young men especially I. London apprentices, II. students of divinity, physick, and law, III. the sons of magistrates and rich men / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by T.S., 1681
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.
4. And if that good parts and studies be not kept from the mischievous enmity of a Worldly Mind, and Fleshly Lusts, how easily are they corrupted, and turned against their use and end, to the great hurt of the Church, and of themselves.
5. And if those that choose Prelates, or Church-Governors should be either of corrupted Judgments, wicked ⟨p. 116⟩Hearts, or vicious Lives, how probable is it, that they will choose such as themselves, or at least, such as will not much cross their Lusts.
5. And if those that choose Prelates, or Church-Governours should be either of corrupted Judgments, wicked ⟨p. 116⟩Hearts, or vicious Lives, how probable is it, that they will choose such as themselves, or at least, such as will not much cross their Lusts.
6. And if such worldly and wicked Prelates be the Ordainers, Examiners, Judges, and Institutors of the Inferior Clergy, or be their Rulers, it's easy to know what sort of men they will Introduce and Countenance, and what sort they will silence, and discourage.
6. And if such worldly and wicked Prelates be the Ordainers, Examiners, Judges, and Institutors of the Inferior Clergie, or be their Rulers, it's easie to know what sort of men they will Introduce and Countenance, and what sort they will silence, and discourage.