A26906:75
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.
24. Make Conscience of Scandalizing one party as well as another: and those most, who are most in danger by your offence.
25. Be not over tender of your reputation with any sort of men on earth: nor too impatient of their displeasure, censures or contempt. But live above them.
26. Use not your selves (needlessly) to the familiar company of that sort of Christians, who use to censure them that are more sober, Catholic and charitable than themselves: Unless you be as much or more, with the soberer sort, who will show you the sin and mischief of Love-killing principles and divisions.
26. Use not your selves (needlesly) to the familiar company of that sort of Christians, who use to censure them that are more sober, Catholick and charitable than themselves: Unless you be as much or more, with the soberer sort, who will shew you the sin and mischief of Love-killing principles and divisions.
27. Take heed of misjudging of the answers of your prayers, and of taking those things to be from God, which are but the effects of your prejudice, passion or weakness of understanding.