A26906:1140
The cure of church-divisions, or, Directions for weak Christians to keep them from being…
The cure of church-divisions, or, Directions for weak Christians to keep them from being dividers or troublers of the church with some directions to the pastors how to deal with such Christians / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Nevil Symmons, 1670
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.
Psal. 110. 2, 3. Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies: Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness.
Ezek. 34. 2, 3, 4, 5. Woe to the shepherds of Is•ael that feed themselves; should not the shepherds feed the flocks? Ye eat the fat and clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed, but ye feed not the flock: The diseased have ye not strengthened; neither have ye healed that which was sick; neither have ye bound up that which was broken; neither have ye brought again that ⟨p. 414⟩which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; But with Force and with Cruelty have ye ruled them; and they were scattered because there is no shepherd—Read the rest of that Chapter.
Ezek. 34. 2, 3, 4, 5. Wo to the shepherds of Is•ael that feed themselves; should not the shepherds feed the flocks? Ye eate the fat and cloath you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed, but ye feed not the flock: The diseased have ye not strengthened; neither have ye healed that which was sick; neither have ye bound up that which was broken; neither have ye brought again that ⟨p. 414⟩which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; But with Force and with Cruelty have ye ruled them; and they were scattered because there is no shepherd—Read the rest of that Chapter.