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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.
2. AND for our people, we have as many Difficulties to encounter with in them. 1. Too many of them will be obstinately unwilling to be taught; and scorn to come at us, as being too good to be catechized, or too old to learn: unless we deal wisely with them in public and private, by the force of Reasons, the power of Love to conquer their perverseness; which we must carefully endeavour.
2. AND for our people, we have as many Difficulties to encounter with in them. 1. Too many of them will be obstinately unwilling to be taught; and scorn to come at us, as being too good to be catechized, or too old to learn: unless we deal wisely with them in publike and private, by the force of Reasons, the power of Love to conquer their perversness; which we must carefully endeavour.
2. And so great is the dullness of many that are willing, that they can scarce learn a leaf of a Catechism in a long time, and therefore will keep away, as ashamed of their ignorance, unless we are wise and diligent to encourage them.
2. And so great is the dulness of many that are willing, that they can scarce learn a leaf of a Catechism in a long time, and therefore will keep away, as ashamed of their ignorance, unless we are wise and diligent to encourage them.
3. And when they do come, so great is their ignorance and unapprehensiveness, that you will find it a wonderful hard matter to get them to understand