A26906:681

The cure of church-divisions, or, Directions for weak Christians to keep them from being…

Name: The cure of church-divisions, or, Directions for weak Christians to keep them from being…
Author: Richard Baxter

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.

Richard Baxter 1615–1691London: printed for Nevil Symmons, 1670

[48], 430, [15] p. · 130k words · Wing B1234 · ESTC R1684

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DIRECTIONS FOR Weak Christians, How they may escape the troubling,… › Direction 46: DIRECT. XLVI.DIRECTIONS FOR VVeak Christians, How they may escape the troubling,… › Direction 46: DIRECT. XLVI.

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DIRECT. XLVI.

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When you have to do only with stigmatized scandalous ones, to vindicate the honour of of Christianity from their scandal, go as far from them as lawfully you can: But with the common sort of sinners, whose conversion you are bound to seek, go not as far from them as you can, but purposely study to come as near them, as lawfully you may, that you may have the better advantage to win them to the truth.

When you have to do only with stigmatized scandalous ones, to vindicate the honour of of Christianity from their scandal, go as far from them as lawfully you can: But with the common sort of sinners, whose conversion you are bound to seek, go not as far from them as you can, but purposely study to come as near them, as lawfully you may, that you may have the better advautage to win them to the truth.

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When it is our work to avoid persons that they may be ashamed, or that we may show our detestation of their wickedness, then going from them is our duty, and we must do it; (To the excommunicate in-public, and to the notoriously wicked and impenitent after admonition, in our private way of life.) But with most men, our duty is to labour their conversion, and in hope to seek the saving of their souls, till they prove as dogs and swine to their exhorters. It is a common question whether we should go as far ⟨p. 224⟩as we may from wicked-men, or come as […] them as we may. And it is very great ignorance to say either the one of the other, without distinguishing of wicked men! Seeing our duty lieth the clean contrary way, towards one sort of them and towards another.

WHen it is our work to avoid persons that they may be ashamed, or that we may shew our detestation of their wickedness, then going from them is our duty, and we must do it; (To the excommunicate in-publick, and to the notoriously wicked and impenitent after admonition, in our private way of life.) But with most men, our duty is to labour their conversion, and in hope to seek the saving of their souls, till they prove as dogs and swine to their exhorters. It is a common question whether we should go as far

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The book

Title as printed

Author

Richard Baxter 1615–1691

Place

London

Bookseller

Nevil Symmons

Year

1670

Size

[48], 430, [15] p.

Words

130,067

Catalogue

Wing B1234 · ESTC R1684

Text

EEBO-TCP A26906

Passages

1,298

Sections

105

Title page

The cure of church-divisions, or, Directions for weak Christians to keep them from being…

DIRECT. XLVI.

DIRECT. XLVII.

When ever you are avoiding any error or sin, forget not that there is a contrary extreme to be avoided, of which you are in danger as well as of that which you are opposing.

When ever you are avoiding any errour or sin, forget not that there is a contrary extream to be avoided, of which you are in danger as well as of that which you are opposing.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

DIRECT. XLVI.

DIRECT. XLVII.

When ever you are avoiding any error or sin, forget not that there is a contrary extreme to be avoided, of which you are in danger as well as of that which you are opposing.

When ever you are avoiding any errour or sin, forget not that there is a contrary extream to be avoided, of which you are in danger as well as of that which you are opposing.