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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.
Some of them are so in love with their parties and opinions, that they will not hold communion with us because we are not of their parties and opinions: whereas by Communication they might give or receive better information, or at least carry on so much of Gods work in unity as we are agreed in. But the mischief of schism is to make ⟨p. 287⟩men censorious and proud, and take others to be unmeet for their communion, and themselves to be the only Church, (or pure Church) of Christ.
The Papists will have no Catholic Church but the Romans, and unchurch all beside themselves. The Separatists and many Anabaptists say the like of their parties: The new prelatical party will have no Catholic Church but Prelatical, and unchurch all except their party, and so avoid Communion with others; and thus turning Separatists and Schismatics, they imitate the Papists, and make an opposition to schism their pretence. First, All must be accounted schismatics that he not of their opinion and party (when yet we find not that opinion in the Creed), and they must be avoided because they are Schismatics. But were solve by the grace of God to adhere to more Catholic principles and practices, and to have Communion with all Godly Christians that will have Communion with us, so far as they force us not to actual sin. And for the separating Brethren, as by distance they are like to therish misinformations of us, so if by their wilful estrangedness, and distance, any among us do entertain injurious reports of them, and think worse of them, and deal worse by some of them, then there is cause, they may partly thank themselves.
The Papists will have no Catholick Church but the Romans, and unchurch all beside themselves. The Separatists and many Anabaptists say the like of their parties: The new prelatical party will have no Catholick Church but Prelatical, and unchurch all except their party, and so avoid Communion with others; and thus turning Separatists and Schismaticks, they imitate the Papists, and make an opposition to schism their pretence. First, All must be accounted schismaticks that he not of their opinion and party (when yet we find not that opinion in the Creed), and they must be avoided because they are Schismaticks. But were solve by the grace of God to adhere to more Catholick principles and practices, and to have Communion with all Godly Christians that will have Communion with us, so far as they force us not to actual sin. And for the separating Brethren, as by distance they are like to therish misinformations of us, so if by their wilful estrangedness, and distance, any among us do entertain injurious reports of them, and think worse of them, and deal worse by some of them, then there is cause, they may partly thank themselves.