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Gildas Salvianus: The Reformed Pastor
Gildas Salvianus, the reformed pastor showing the nature of the pastoral work, especially in private instruction and catechizing : with an open confession of our too open sins : prepared for a day of humiliation kept at Worcester, Decemb. 4, 1655 by the ministers of that county, who subscribed the agreement for catechizing and personal instruction at their entrance upon that work / by their unworthy fellow-servant, Richard Baxter ...Gildas Salvianus, the reformed pastor shewing the nature of the pastoral work, especially in private instruction and catechizing : with an open confession of our too open sins : prepared for a day of humiliation kept at Worcester, Decemb. 4, 1655 by the ministers of that county, who subscribed the agreement for catechizing and personal instruction at their entrance upon that work / by their unworthy fellow-servant, Richard Baxter ...
London: printed by Robert White for Nevil Simmons, 1656
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.
2. Another sort of Converts that need our special help, are those that labour under some particular distemper, that keeps under their graces, and maketh them temptations and troubles to others, and a burden to themselves. For alas too many such there are. Some that are specially addicted to Pride, and some to worldliness, and some to this or that sensual desire, and many to frowardness, and disturbing passions. It is our duty to set in for the assistance of all these, and partly by dissuasions and clear discoveries of the odiousness of the sin, and partly by suitable ⟨p. 74⟩directions about the way of remedy, to help them to a fuller conquest of their corruptions. We are leaders of Christs Army against the powers of darkness, and must resist all the works of darkness wherever we find them, though it be in the children of light. We must be no more tender of the sins of the godly then the ungodly, nor any more befriend them or favour them. By how much more we love the persons above others, by so much the more must we express it in the opposition of their sins. And yet we must look to meet with some tender persons here, especially when iniquity hath got any head, and made a party; and many have fallen in love with it; They will be as pettish and impatient of a reproof as some worser men, and interest piety it self into their faults, and say that a Minister that preacheth against them, doth preach against the godly; A most heinous crime! to make God and godliness accessory to their sins; When all the world besides hath not the thousandth part of that enmity and opposition against them. But the Ministers of Christ must do their duties, for all mens peevishness; and must not so far hate their Brother, as to forbear the plain rebuking of him, or suffer sin to lie upon his soul, Levit. 19. 17. Though it must be done with much prudence, yet done it must be.
2. Another sort of Converts that need our special help, are those that labour under some particular distemper, that keeps under their graces, and maketh them temptations and troubles to others, and a burden to themselves. For alas too many such there are. Some that are specially addicted to Pride, and some to worldliness, and some to this or that sensual desire, and many to frowardness, and disturbing passions. It is our duty to set in for the assistance of all these, and partly by disswasions and clear discoveries of the odiousness of the sin, and partly by suitable