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A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ...…
A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Francis Tyton, 1662
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7. They have the Ministers of Christ appointed by office to be the helpers of their Faith and Joy: to be the messengers of glad ⟨p. 312⟩tidings to them, and to tell them from God of the pardon of their sins, and of his favour to them in Christ: and to heal the broken-hearted, and preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, &c. Luke 4. 18. To have a deputed Officer of Christ to absolve the penitent, and deliver them pardon in the name of Christ, and to pray for them, and direct them, and resolve their doubts, and show them the promises that may support them, and help to profligate their temptations, must needs be much to the comfort of believers: As the care of a father is the comfort of the child; and the care of the Physician is a comfort to the sick.
7. They have the Ministers of Christ appointed by office to be the helpers of their Faith and Jey: to be the messengers of glad ⟨p. 312⟩tidings to them, and to tell them from God of the pardon of their sins, and of his favour to them in Christ: and to heal the broken-hearted, and preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, &c. Luke 4. 18. To have a deputed Officer of Christ to absolve the penitent, and deliver them pardon in the name of Christ, and to pray for them, and direct them, and resolve their doubts, and shew them the promises that may support them, and help to profligate their temptations, must needs be much to the comfort of believers: As the care of a father is the comfort of the child; and the care of the Physicion is a comfort to the sick.
8. They have all the Ordinances suited to their comfort: the Word read, preached and meditated on: the Sacraments and the public praises of God, and Communion of the Saints (of which before.)