A26906:1141
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.
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.
Isa. 11. And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots: And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge, and of the fear of the Lord: and shall make him of quick understanding, in the fear of the Lord, and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, nor reprove after the hearing of his ears; but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked—The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid: and the calf and the young lion and the faling together; and a little child shall lead them: And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice dn. They shall not hurt, nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. See also cap. 65. 25.