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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.
DIRECT. VII.
Get right and deep apprehensions of the Necessity and Reasons of Christian Unity and Concord: and of the sin and misery of Divisions and Discord.
Get right and deep aprehensions of the Necessity and Reasons of Christian Unity and Concord: and of the sin and misery of Divisions and Discord.
When we have but slight apprehensions of a duty we easily neglect it, and scarce reprove our selves for it, or repent of our omission. And when we have but slight apprehensions of the evil of any sin, a little temptation draweth us to it; & we are hardly brought to through-repentance for it: And there is in many Christians, a strange inequality and partiality in their apprehensions of good and evil. Some duties they dare not omit, and they judge all ungodly who omit them: when some others as great are past by, as if they were no part of religion. And some sins they fear with very great tenderness, when we can scarce make their consciences take any notice, of others as great.
WHen we have but slight apprehensions of a duty we easily neglect it, and scarce reprove our selves for it, or repent of our omission. And when we have but slight apprehensions of the evil of any sin, a little temptation draweth us to it; & we are hardly brought to through-repentance for it: And there is in many Christians, a strange inequality and partiality in their apprehensions of good and evil. Some duties they dare not omit, and they judge all ungodly who omit them: when some others as great are past by, as if they were no part of religion. And some sins they fear with very great tenderness, when we can scarce make their consciences take any notice, of others as great.