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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.
7. You encourage and countenance idle Ministers, as to the labours necessary to Christians: If there be no dull nor ignorant Christians, they are not so blame-worthy as we have made them.
8. You excuse those that unjustly hinder Christs Ministers to preach to Christians, in any part of the World: If there be no ignorant Christians, Preachers are not so necessary, ⟨p. 100⟩nor silencing them so bad a thing as we have made it.
9. You encourage the contemners of the Preaching of Gods word, who say, what need we go to hear, we know as much as they can tell us.
10. You contradict the Sermons of almost all Ministers, as if they abused Christianity, and belied the people, when they reprove their ignorance and dullness.
10. You contradict the Sermons of almost all Ministers, as if they abused Christianity, and belyed the people, when they reprove their ignorance and dulness.