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A defence of the principles of love, which are necessary to the unity and…
A defence of the principles of love, which are necessary to the unity and concord of Christians and are delivered in a book called The cure of church-divisions ... / by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed for Nevil Simmons, 1671
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.
See Rom. 14 and 15. Gal. 6. 1. 1 Cor. 9. 22. Gal. 3 and 4. throughout. Col. 2. 21, 22, &c. Heb. 13. 9. 1 Tim. 1. 3. Should I recite all such Epithets, convictions, and reproofs in Scripture it would be tedious.
See Rom. 14 and 15. Gal. 6. 1. 1 Cor. 9. 22. Gal. 3 and 4. throughout. Col. 2. 21, 22, &c. Heb. 13. 9. 1 Tim. 1. 3. Should I recite all such Epithetes, convictions, and reproofs in Scripture it would be tedious.
2. The thing is further proved by the common experience of mankind, which it ⟨p. 94⟩amazeth me to think a man that liveth among men in the world, awake and in his senses, can be ignorant of? Enemies know it: Friends know it; not only that there are Ignorant and Injudicious Christians, but that the far greatest part are such though not in a damning, yet in a sad and troublesome degree! And that the far greatest part of those that we hope are truly godly, remain so lamentably ignorant of abundance of things, that should be known, and continue in such an infancy of understanding, as is a great advantage to the Tempter, and many ways calamitous to themselves, and to the Church: It is the lamentation of all experienced Ministers. Alas, how ignorant even honest people remain; And how slowly they come on in knowledge?