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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.
Nay commonly it bringeth a man under suspicion either of favouring some heresy, or abating his zeal, if he do but attempt a pacificatory work. As if there were no zeal necessary for the great fundamental verities for the Churches Unity and Peace, but only for parties and some particular truths.
Nay commonly it bringeth a man under suspition either of favouring some heresie, or abating his zeal, if he do but attempt a pacificatory work. As if there were no zeal necessary for the great fundamental verities for the Churches Unity and Peace, but only for parties and some particular truths.
And a great advantage the Devil hath got this way, by employing his own Agents, the unhappy Socinians in writing so many Treatises for Catholic and Arch-catholic Unity and Peace, which they did for their own ends, and would have done it on insufficient terms: By which means the enemy of Peace hath brought it to pass that whoever maketh motion for Peace, is presently under suspicion of being one that hath need of it for an indulgence to his ⟨p. 187⟩own Errors. A fearful case! that heresy should be so credited, as if none were such friends to Unity and Peace as they! And that so great and necessary a duty, upon which the Churches welfare doth so depend, should be brought into such suspicion or disgrace.
And a great advantage the Devil hath got this way, by imploying his own Agents, the unhappy Socinians in writing so many Treatises for Catholike and Arch-catholike Unity and Peace, which they did for their own ends, and would have done it on insufficient terms: By which means the enemy of Peace hath brought it to pass that whoever maketh motion for Peace, is presently under suspition of being one that hath need of it for an indulgence to his ⟨p. 187⟩own Errors. A fearful case! that heresie should be so credited, as if none were such friends to Unity and Peace as they! And that so great and necessary a duty, upon which the Churches wellfare doth so depend, should be brought into such suspition or disgrace.