A26906:660
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.
IN several sorts of Controversies and Cases, you must prefer several sorts of Guides or Judges: It is a grand pernicious Error to think that the same mens judgments must be most followed in every Case. And it is of grand importance to know how to value and vary our Guides, as the Cases vary. And for the most part, every man is more to be regarded in his own way of study and profession, than wiser men in other matters, of other studies and professions: As a Lawyer is to be valued in the Law more than the ablest and most illuminated Divine: And a Philosopher ⟨p. 217⟩in Philosophy, and a Linguist in the Tongues, and a Physician in Physic, &c. For instance,
IN several sorts of Controversies and Cases, you must prefer several sorts of Guides or Judges: It is a grand pernicious Errour to think that the same mens judgments must be most followed in every Case. And it is of grand importance to know how to value and vary our Guides, as the Cases vary. And for the most part, every man is more to be regarded in his own way of study and profession, than wiser men in other matters, of other studies and professions: As a Lawyer is to be valued in the Law more than the ablest and most illuminated Divine: And a Philosopher ⟨p. 217⟩in Philosophy, and a Linguist in the Tongues, and a Physician in Physick, &c. For instance,
First, Suppose it were a Controversy whether Christ be God, or whether there be a life to come, or a resurrection, &c. Here no man must be Judge, because if you are Christians indeed, it is past controversy with you: And you believe this upon the evidences of truth, which have convinced you: And herein the universal Church are your associates.
First, Suppose it were a Controversie whether Christ be God, or whether there be a life to come, or a resurrection, &c. Here no man must be Judge, because if you are Christians indeed, it is past controversie with you: And you believe this upon the evidences of truth, which have convinced you: And herein the universal Church are your associates.