A26906:338
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.
For full proof of this observe the meaning of these Texts. Isa. 22. 22. And the Key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open and none shall shut: and he shall shut and none shall open. Isa. 9. 6. The Government shall be upon his shoulder. Mat. 16. 19. I will give thee the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, &c. Mat. 18. 18. Verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye bind on earth shall be bound, &c. Joh. 20. 23. Whose soever sins ye do remit, they are remitted to them; and whose soever sins ye retain they are retained. Math. 28. 19. Go and teach all Nations baptizing them, &c. Joh. 20. 21. As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. Acts 1. 16, 17. Judas was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this Ministry. Acts 20. 28. Take heed to your selves and to all the flock over which the Holy Ghost hath made you Overseers, to feed the Church of God—Rom. 1. 1. Paul a Minister of Jesus Christ, called an Apostle, separated to the Gospel of God. 1 Cor. 4. 1. Let a man so esteem of us as of the Ministers of Christ, and Stewards of the mysteries of God. Acts 14. 23. They ordained them Elders in every Church. Tit. 1. 3. Ordain Elders in every City, as I appointed thee. V. 7. A Bishop must be blameless as the Steward of God.