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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.
9. Forget […] the great difference between the Churches […] the […] and the Godly's separating from the Church it self, because the wicked are not cast out. The first is a great duty: the second usually a great sin. Luther's case.
9. Forget 〈…〉 the great difference betweene the Churches 〈…〉 the 〈…〉 and the Godlyes separating from the Church it self, because the wicked are not cast out. The first is a great duty: the second usually a great sin. Luthers case.
10. Expect▪ not that any one lawfully received into the Church by Baptism, should be cast out of it, or denied the privileges of the Church, but according to the rules of Christian discipline, by the power of the Keys; that is, for obstinate impenitency in a gross on scandalous sin, upon proof, and after sufficient private and public admonition.
10. Expect▪ not that any one lawfully received into the Church by Baptism, should be cast out of it, or denyed the priviledges of the Church, but according to the rules of Christian discipline, by the power of the Keys; that is, for o•stinate impenitency in a gross on scandalous sin, upon proof, and after sufficient private and publick admonition.
11. Understand what the Power of the Keys is, and what the Pastors office is; as they are the Governors of the Church, entrusted by Christ with the power of admission and rejection: that so you may know how far you are to rest in the Pastors judgment, and may not usurp any part of their office to your selves.