A26906:274
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.
Mat. 12. 25. Jesus said, every Kingdom divided against it self, is brought to desolation: and every City or house divided against it self, shall not stand.
Mat. 12. 25. Iesus said, every Kingdom divided against it self, is brought to desolation: and every City or house divided against it self, shall not stand.
I have cited so many Texts against division ⟨p. 65⟩and for the Unity of the Church and concord of Christians, as one would think by the very hearing of them, without expositions or argumentation, should utterly mortify all inclination to divisions and hard censures, in all true believers: yea so many Texts as I am persuaded many that most need them, will think it tedious to read them over. And yet I have cause to fear lest many such will feel as little of the sense and authority of them, as if there were no such words in the Scripture, and none of this had been set before them.
I have cited so many Texts against division ⟨p. 65⟩and for the Unity of the Church and concord of Christians, as one would think by the very hearing of them, without expositions or argumentation, should utterly mortifie all inclination to divisions and hard censures, in all true believers: yea so many Texts as I am perswaded many that most need them, will think it tedious to read them over. And yet I have cause to fear lest many such will feel as little of the sense and authority of them, as if there were no such words in the Scripture, and none of this had been set before them.