A26906:560
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.
Nay is it not the Duty of such to do it? Every man is bound to do Gods service in the best manner that he can: (Cursed be the deceiver that hath a better in his flock, and bringeth that which is corrupt) But to utter prayers and praise to God, in a full, methodical and congruous manner, and in words suitable to the Majesty of the worship of God, is better (to the people and to the honour of Religion) then to do it in a more confused, disorderly, broken manner, with barrenness and incongruity of speech. But this l•st is the best that many honest Ministers can do by their own gi•ts, when they may do it in the former better manner, by making use of the words and gifts of other•. Therefore it is a duty for such men so far to use others ⟨p. 185⟩gifts of inventing words, before their own.
Nay is it not the Duty of such to do it? Every man is bound to do Gods service in the best manner that he can: (Cursed be the deceiver that hath a better in his flock, and bringeth that which is corrupt) But to utter prayers and praise to God, in a full, methodicall and congruous manner, and in words suitable to the Majesty of the worship of God, is better (to the people and to the honour of Religion) then to do it in a more confused, disorder•y, broken manner, with barrenness and incongruity of speech. But this l•st is the best that many honest Ministers can do by their own gi•ts, when they may do it in the former better manner, by making use of the words and gifts of other•. Therefore it is a duty for such men so far to use others ⟨p. 185⟩gif•s of inventing words, before their own.