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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.
And these corruptions of sacred Doctrine by their Additions are of two sorts: some that are the first Inventers: and others that are the propagators and maintainers: and these when Additions grow old, do commonly maintain them under the notion of ancient verities, and oppose the ancient verities under the notion of Novelty, as is before said.
And these corruptions of sacred Doctrine by their Additions are of two sorts: some that are the first Inventers: and others that are the propagators and maintainers: and these when Additions grow old, do commonly maintain them under the notion of antient verities, and oppose the antient verities under the notion of Novelty, as is before said.
The other extreme about Doctrine is by hindering the progress of knowledge: and this is commonly on pretence of avoiding the Innovating extreme. It must be considered therefore, how far we may grow, and not be culpable Innovators. And 1. Our Knowledge must increase extensively ad plura; we must know more verities, then we knew before, though we may not feign more. There is much of Scripture that will remain unknown to us when we have done our best. Though we shall find out no more Articles of faith which must be explicitly believed by all that will be saved, yet we may find out the sense of more particular Texts, and several Doctrinal Truths, not contrary to the former, but such ⟨p. 296⟩as befriend them, and are connected with them. And we may find out more the Order of Truths and how they are placed in respect to one another, and so see more of the true method of Theology then we did, which will give us a very great light into the matter it self, and its consectaries.
The other extream about Doctrine is by hindring the progress of knowledge: and this is commonly on pretence of avoiding the Innovating extream. It must be considered therefore, how far we may grow, and not be culpable Innovaters. And 1. Our Knowledge must increase extensively ad plura; we must know more verities, then we knew before, though we may not feign more. There is much of Scripture that will remain unknown to us when we have done our best. Though we shall find out no more Articles of faith which must be explicitly believed by all that will be saved, yet we may find out the sense of more particular Texts, and several Doctrinal Truths, not contrary to the former, but such