A26906:894

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 60: DIRECT. LX.DIRECTIONS FOR VVeak Christians, How they may escape the troubling,… › Direction 60: DIRECT. LX.

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Rom. 12. 18. If it be possible, as much as in you lieth live peaceably with all men. Heb. 12. 14. Follow peace with all men, and holiness.

Rom. 12. 18. If it be possible, as much as in you lyeth live peaceably with all men. Heb. 12. 14. Follow peace with all men, and holiness.

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Obj. But is it not as good sit still as labour to no purpose. What good have ever any peace-makers done among differing Divines.

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Answ. A grievous charge upon Divines and Christians: Are they the only Bedlams or drunken men in the world? If Princes fall out, or if neighbours fall out, arbitrators and peace-makers labour not always in vain: But I answer you, It is not in vain: Peace-breakers would have yet prevailed more and made the Church unhappier than it is, if some Peace-makers had not hindered ⟨p. 303⟩them. The minds of thousands are seasoned with the Love of Peace, and kept from cruelties and Schisms, by the wholesome instructions and examples of Peace-makers. And it is worth our labour to honour so holy and sweet a thing as Love and Peace; and to bear our testimony for it in the world. And Gods promise of reward doth tell you that you labour not in vain. Is that in vain which Heaven is promised to?

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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

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

Part. II. DIRECTIONS TO THE PASTORS, HOW TO Esteem and use Christs Flock▪ EVEN The weak ones and the quarrelsome Children: And what must be done by themselves in the first place, both to prevent and heal DIVISIONS.