A26906:988

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 to Pastors how to deal with those weak Christians who are… › Direction 4: DIRECT. IV.Directions to Pastors how to deal with those weak Christians who ar… › Direction 4: DIRECT. IV.

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DIRECT. IV.

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If others show their weakness by any unwarrantable singularities or divisions, show not your greater weakness by passions, impatience or uncharitable censures or usage of them: especially when any self-interest doth provoke you.

If others shew their weakness by any unwarrantable singularities or divisions, shew not your greater weakness by passions, impatiency or uncharitable censures or usage of them: especially when any self-interest doth provoke you.

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None usually are so spleenishly impatient at the weakness of Dissenters or Separatists as the Pastors are? And what is the cause? Is it because they abound most in Love to the souls of those who offend, or them who are endangered by them? If so, I have no more to say to such. But when we see that the Honour and Interest of the Pastors is most deeply concerned in the business, and that they are carried by their impatience into more want of Charity, than the other express by their separations; and when we see that they well enough bear with themselves in such sins as this, or in others as great; and that they can beat with as great sins in the people with too much patience, when their own interest concurreth not to raise their passions; in such cases we have reason enough to fear, lest pride and selfishness have too great a part, in much that is said and done against schism in the world.

NOne usually are so spleenishly impatient at the weakness of Dissenters or Separatists as the Pastors are? And what is the cause? Is it because they abound most in Love to the souls of those who offend, or them who are endangered by them? If so, I have no more to say to such. But when we see that the Honour and Interest of the Pastors is most deeply concerned in the business, and that they are carried by their impatiency into more want of Charity, than the other express by their separations; and when we see that they well enough bear with themselves in such sins as this, or in others as great; and that they can beat with as great sins in the people with too much patience, when their own interest concurreth not to raise their passions; in such cases we have reason enough to fear, lest pride and selfishness have too great a part, in much that is said and done against schism in the world.

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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. IV.

If others show their weakness by any unwarrantable singularities or divisions, show not your greater weakness by passions, impatience or uncharitable censures or usage of them: especially when any self-interest doth provoke you.

If others shew their weakness by any unwarrantable singularities or divisions, shew not your greater weakness by passions, impatiency or uncharitable censures or usage of them: especially when any self-interest doth provoke you.

DIRECT. V.

Distinguish between those who separate from the Universal Church, or from all the Orthodox or purest and Reformed parts of it, and those who only forsake the Ministry of some one person, or sort of persons, without refusing Communion with the rest.

Distinguish between those who separate from the Universal Church, or from all the Orthodox or purest and Reformed parts of it, and those who only forsake the Ministery of some one person, or sort of persons, without refusing Communion with the rest.

DIRECT. VI.

Distinguish between those who deny the Being of the Church or Ministry, from which they separate: and those who remove only for their own edification, as from a weaker or worse Minister, and from a Church more culpable and less pure.

Distinguish between those who deny the Being of the Church or Ministery, from which they separate: and those who remove only for their own edification, as from a weaker or worse Minister, and from a Church more culpable and less pure.

DIRECT. VII.

Distinguish between those who hold it simply unlawful to have communion with you; and those who only hold it unlawful to prefer your assemblies before those which they judge more pure; but hold it lawful to communicate with you occasionally; yea and statedly when they can have no better.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

DIRECT. IV.

If others show their weakness by any unwarrantable singularities or divisions, show not your greater weakness by passions, impatience or uncharitable censures or usage of them: especially when any self-interest doth provoke you.

If others shew their weakness by any unwarrantable singularities or divisions, shew not your greater weakness by passions, impatiency or uncharitable censures or usage of them: especially when any self-interest doth provoke you.

DIRECT. V.

Distinguish between those who separate from the Universal Church, or from all the Orthodox or purest and Reformed parts of it, and those who only forsake the Ministry of some one person, or sort of persons, without refusing Communion with the rest.

Distinguish between those who separate from the Universal Church, or from all the Orthodox or purest and Reformed parts of it, and those who only forsake the Ministery of some one person, or sort of persons, without refusing Communion with the rest.

DIRECT. VI.

Distinguish between those who deny the Being of the Church or Ministry, from which they separate: and those who remove only for their own edification, as from a weaker or worse Minister, and from a Church more culpable and less pure.

Distinguish between those who deny the Being of the Church or Ministery, from which they separate: and those who remove only for their own edification, as from a weaker or worse Minister, and from a Church more culpable and less pure.

DIRECT. VII.

Distinguish between those who hold it simply unlawful to have communion with you; and those who only hold it unlawful to prefer your assemblies before those which they judge more pure; but hold it lawful to communicate with you occasionally; yea and statedly when they can have no better.