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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. Minsters must teach these, and people must learn them of them.
3. The Oracles of God have some Principle; or fundamentals that all must know, that will be saved.
4. These Principles must be first learned: that's the right order.
4. These Principles must be first learned: thats the right order.
5. It may be well expected that people thrive in knowledge according to the means or teaching which they profess: and if they do not, it is their great sin.
6. If any lived long in the Church under the means of knowledge, and yet be ignorant of these Principles, he hath need to be taught them yet, (how old soever he be). All this is plain from the Text: Whence we have fair opportunity by twenty clear convincing Reasons to show them; 1. The Necessity of knowing Gods Oracles. 2. And more especially of the Principles. And 3. especially for the aged, that have sinfully lost so much time already; that have so long promised to repent when they were old; that should be teachers to the younger, whose ignorance is a double sin and shame; who have so little time to learn in, and are so near their Judgement; and who have souls to save or lose as well as others, &c. Convince them how impossible it is to go the way to heaven without knowing it, when there are so many difficulties and enemies in our way? and when men cannot do their worldly business without knowledge, nor learn a trade without an apprenticeship? Who can love, or seek, or desire that which he knoweth not?