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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.
8. The Holy Bible that is open before us, and all the Books in our studies that tell us of our duty, directly or indirectly, may condemn the lazy and unprofitable servant: For we have not all these helps and furniture in vain.
9. All the Sermons that we preach to persuade our people to work out their salvation with fear and trembling, to lay violent hands upon the Crown, and take the Kingdom as by force, to strive to enter in at the strait gate, and so to run as they that may obtain, &c. will rise up against the unfaithful and condemn them. For if it so nearly concern them to labour for their salvation, doth it not concern us who have the charge of them to be also violent, laborious, and unwearied in striving to help on their salvation? Is it worth their labour, and patience, and is it not also worth ours?
9. All the Sermons that we preach to perswade our people to work out their salvation with fear and trembling, to lay violent hands upon the Crown, and take the Kingdom as by force, to strive to enter in at the strait gate, and so to run as they that may obtain, &c. will rise up against the unfaithful and condemn them. For if it so nearly concern them to labour for their salvation, doth it not concern us who have the charge of them to be also violent, laborious, and unwearied in striving to help on their salvation? Is it worth their labour, and patience, and is it not also worth ours?
10. All the Sermons that we preach to them to set out the danger of a natural state, the evil of sin, the need of Christ, and Grace, the Joys of heaven, and the torments of hell, yea and the truth of Christian Religion, will rise up in Judgement against such and condemn them. And a sad review it will be to themselves, when they shall be forced to think Did I tell them of such great dangers and hopes in public, and wld I do no more to help them in private? What tell them daily of threatened damnation, and yet let