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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
Preface: To my Reverend and Dearly beloved Brethren, the faithful Ministers of Christ, in Britta…
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Answ. This is like the Libertines plea against family prayer. They ask, where are we bound to pray morning and evening? Doth not the nature and end of the duty plainly tell you that an appointed time conduceth to the orderly successful performance of it? How can people tell when to come if the time be not made known? You will have a fixed day for a Lecture, because people cannot else tell when to come without a particular notice for each day: And it is as necessary here, because this must be a constant duty, as well as that.
Obj. But we have many other businesses that sometimes may interrupt the course.
Answ. Weightier business may put by our preaching, even on the Lords day; but we must not therefore neglect our constant observance ordinarily of that day: And so it is here. If you have so much greater business, that you cannot ordinarily have time to do the Ministerial work, you should not undertake the office: ⟨image 14⟩For Ministers are men separated to the Gospel of Christ, and must give themselves wholly to these things.
Answ. Weightyer business may put by our preaching, even on the Lords day; but we must not therefore neglect our constant observance ordinarily of that day: And so it is here. If you have so much greater business, that you cannot ordinarily have time to do the Ministerial work, you should not undertake the office: ⟨image 14⟩For Ministers are men separated to the Gospel of Christ, and must give themselves wholly to these things.