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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.
1. Our Parents that destinated us to the Ministry may condemn us, and say, Lord we devoted them to thy service, and they made light of it, and served themselves.
1. Our Parents that destinated us to the Ministry may condemn us, and say, Lord we devoted them to thy service, and they made light of it, and serv'd themselves.
2. Our Masters that taught us, our Tutors that instructed us; The Schools and Universities that we lived in, and all the years that we spent in study, may rise up in judgement against us, and Condemn us: For why was all this, but for the work of God?
3. Our Learning and Knowledge and Ministerial gifts will condemn us▪ For to what are we made partakers of these, but for the work of God?
4 Our voluntary undertaking the Charge of souls will condemn us; For all men should be true to the trust, that they have undertaken?