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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.
SECT. IV.
IV. THE last Motive that is mentioned in my Text, is, from the Price that was paid for the Church which we Oversee. God the Son did purchase it with his own blood. O what an Argument is here to quicken the negligent? and what an Argument to condemn those that will not be quickened up to their duty by it? O saith one of the ancient Doctors, if Christ had but committed to my keeping one spoonful of his blood in a fragile glass, how curiously should I preserve it, and how tender should I be of that glass? If then he have committed to me the purchase of his blood, should I not as carefully look to my charge? What Sirs shall we ⟨p. 260⟩despise the blood of Christ? Shall we think it was shed for them that are not worthy of our utmost care? You may see here it is not a little fault that negligent Pastors are guilty of? as much as in them lieth, the blood of Christ should be shed in vain: They would lose him those souls that he hath so dearly bought.
IV. THE last Motive that is mentioned in my Text, is, from the Price that was paid for the Church which we Oversee. God the Son did purchase it with his own blood. O what an Argument is here to quicken the negligent? and what an Argument to condemn those that will not be quickned up to their duty by it? O saith one of the antient Doctors, if Christ had but committed to my keeping one spoonful of his blood in a fragile glass, how curiously should I preserve it, and how tender should I be of that glass? If then he have committed to me the purchase of his blood, should I not as carefully look to my charge? What Sirs shall we ⟨p. 260⟩despise the blood of Christ? Shall we think it was shed for them that are not worthy of our utmost care? You may see here it is not a little fault that negligent Pastors are guilty of? as much as in them lyeth, the blood of Christ should be shed in vain: They would lose him those souls that he hath so dearly bought.