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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.
4. Be sure that you deal gently with them; and take off all discouragements as effectually as you can. 1. Tell them publicly, that if they have learnt any other Catechism already, you will not urge them to learn this, unless they desire it themselves. For the substance of all Catechisms (that are Orthodox) is the same: Only our reasons for offering them this, was the brevity and fullness; that we might give them as much as we could in a few words, and so make their work more easy. Or if any of them had yet rather learn any other (Orthodox) Catechism, let them have their choice.
4. BEsure that you deal gently with them; and take off all discouragements as effectually as you can. 1. Tell them publikely, that if they have learnt any other Catechism already, you will not urge them to learn this, unless they desire it themselves. For the substance of all Catechisms (that are Orthodox) is the same: Only our reasons for offering them this, was the brevity and fulness; that we might give them as much as we could in a few words, and so make their work more easie. Or if any of them had yet rather learn any other (Orthodox) Catechism, let them have their choice.
2. As for the old people that are of weak memories, and not like to live in the world, and complain that they cannot remember the words, tell them that you expect not that they should overmuch perplex their minds about it, but hear it oft read over, and see that they understand it, and get the matter into their minds and hearts, and then they may be born with, though they remember not the words.