A27044:13
A sermon preached at the funeral of that faithful minister of Christ, Mr. John…
A sermon preached at the funeral of that faithful minister of Christ, Mr. John Corbet with his true and exemplary character / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1680
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.
3. And there are abundance of ignorant or half wise injudicious men, who have self conceitedness enough to be peremptory and confident, but neither knowledge nor humility enough to perceive their own weakness and mistakes.
3. And there are abundance of ignorant or halfwise injudicious men, who have self conceitedness enough to be peremptory and confident, but neither knowledge nor humility enough to perceive their own weakness and mistakes.
Use. 1. Therefore let it not become a scandal to you if you hear some Teachers accusing and vilifying others.
Vse. 1. Therefore let it not become a scandal to you if you hear some Teachers accusing and vilifying others.
2. And think not that a Minister is erroneous or faulty, merely because others, though of great name, do accuse him, or so represent him. It hath still been so, and while Satan is Satan, and man is Corrupt man, and there is so much darkness and so much Worldly Temptations, and Cross Interests, it will be so: And Preachers will be made the common and dangerous hinderers of Preachers; And where they have Power will silence them, and disgrace their work.
2. And think not that a Minister is erroneous or faulty, meerly because others, though of great name, do accuse him, or so represent him. It hath still been so, and while Satan is Satan, and man is Corrupt man, and there is so much darkness and so much Worldly Temptations, and Cross Interests, it will be so: And Preachers will be made the common and dangerous hinderers of Preachers; And where they have Power will silence them, and disgrace their work.