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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.
The most common cause of our Divisions and unpeaceableness, is, mens high estimation of their own Opinions. And it ordinarily worketh these two ways; sometimes by setting men upon Novelties; and sometimes by a censorious condemning of all that differ from the party that they are of.
The most common cause of our Divisions and unpeaceableness, is, mens high estimation of their own Opinions. And it ordinarily worketh these two waies; sometimes by setting men upon Novelties; and sometimes by a censorious condemning of all that differ from the party that they are of.
Some are as busy in their enquiries after new Doctrines, as if the Scripture were not perfect, or Christ had not told us all that is necessary; or the way to heaven were not in all ages one and the same, from Christ to the end of the world; or the Church were not still the same thing. And they look not only after new discoveries in lesser things, but they are making us new Articles of faith, & framing out new ways to heaven. The body of Popery came in at this door; ⟨p. 203⟩Their new fundamentals were received on these terms; Their new Catholic Church, which their fore-fathers knew not, was thus set up. Before, it consisted of all Christians through the world; and now it must consist of none but the Popes subjects. So is it with the Anabaptists; They must now in the end of the world have a new Church for Christ, even in the natural capacity of the matter I Never since the creation can it be proved that God had any where a Church on earth where Infants were excluded from being members (if there were any among them.) They were members before the Law, under the Promise, under the Law, and under the Gospel, through the Christian world to this day • and yet they would needs make Christ a Church now without them. As if Christ had mist it in the forming of his Church till now! Or as if he begun to be aweary of infants in his Church now at last! Or as if the Providence of God did now begin to be awakened to have a right formed Church in the conclusion of the world, and to eject those infants as incapable, who till now have been in the bosom of his family.