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Reliquiæ Baxterianæ, or, Mr. Richard Baxters narrative of the most memorable passages of his…
Reliquiæ Baxterianæ, or, Mr. Richard Baxters narrative of the most memorable passages of his life and times faithfully published from his own original manuscript by Matthew Sylvester.Reliquiæ Baxterianæ, or, Mr. Richard Baxters narrative of the most memorable passages of his life and times faithfully publish'd from his own original manuscript by Matthew Sylvester.
London: printed for T. Parkhurst, 1696
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.
§ 325. 3. And therefore the Work will resolve us of the place; viz. That the Execution must be in that place where he had or desired Communion, or was capable of it: And therefore that the Judgment should be by those that being upon the place, have fullest opportunity to know the Persons and the Case: Even by those Pastors who labour amongst the People that are over them in the Lord, 1 Thess. 5. 12, 13. who have the rule over them, and preach to them the Word of God, Hebr. 13. 7, 17, 24. and not by those that are strangers to them.
§ 325. 3. And therefore the Work will resolve us of the place; viz. That the Execution must be in that place where he had or desired Communion, or was capable of it: And therefore that the Iudgment should be by those that being upon the place, have fullest opportunity to know the Persons and the Case: Even by those Pastors who labour amongst the People that are over them in the Lord, 1 Thess. 5. 12, 13. who have the rule over them, and preach to them the Word of God, Hebr. 13. 7, 17, 24. and not by those that are strangers to them.
§ 326. 4. And as to the Manner, all Divines are agreed, That it is not to be like the proceedings of a Civil Court, where there is no more to be done, but examine the Cause and pass the Sentence, and execute it by Corporal Penalties and Mulcts: But, 1. That it is to be managed by grave Divines, the Physicians of Souls, for the saving of the Sinner, if it may be, with great seriousness, and light, and weight of Scripture Argument, convincing the Erroneous, terrifying the Secure with the terrors of the Lord, reproving and admonishing and persuading the penitent Offender, and all this with Love and Compassion and due Patience; and restoring the Penitent with Tenderness and Consolation and necessary Caution. From all which it is evident, That one single Person thus dealt with in case of Heresy, may hold the Pastor or Bishop many days time, and one gross Sinner may hold him many hours time, before this Work can be done as the Nature and Ends of it do require. 2. And it is to be done by the mere Keys of the Kingdom of Christ, by managing God's Word by particular Application to the Case and Conscience of the Sinner, and not by outward Force of Penalties.