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The death of ministers improved. Or, an exhortation to the inhabitants of Horsley on…
The death of ministers improved. Or, an exhortation to the inhabitants of Horsley on Gloucester-shire, and others, on the much lamented death of that reverend and faithful minister of the Gospel, Mr. Henry Stubs By Tho. Vincent, John Turner, Rob. Perrott, M. Pemberton. To which is added a sermon upon that occasion, by Richard Baxter.The death of ministers improved. Or, an exhortation to the inhabitants of Horsley on Glocester-shire, and others, on the much lamented death of that reverend and faithful minister of the Gospel, Mr. Henry Stubbs By Tho. Vincent, John Turner, Rob. Perrott, M. Pemberton. To which is added a sermon upon that occasion, by Richard Baxter.
London : s.n., Printed in the year 1678
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.
His Ministry was considerable as common to all the Clergy, or as Apostolical. To Preach the word as he commanded Timothy, to be instant in season and out of season, to reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and Doctrine, to rule well, and labour in the word and Doctrine, to take heed to our selves and unto Doctrine, and continue therein, that we may save our selves and them that hear us; to take heed to our selves, and all the flock, to hold back nothing profitable to them, but to teach them publicly, and from house to house, day and night with tears, (Act. 20.) in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God at any time will give them repentance, all this is not a dream or play.
His Ministry was considerable as common to all the Clergy, or as Apostolical. To Preach the word as he commanded Timothy, to be instant in season and out of season, to reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and Doctrine, to rule well, and labour in the word and Doctrine, to take heed to our selves and unto Doctrine, and continue therein, that we may save our selves and them that hear us; to take heed to our selves, and all the flock, to hold back nothing profitable to them, but to teach them publickly, and from house to house, day and night with tears, (Act. 20.) in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God at any time will give them repentance, all this is not a dream or play.
And to go over much of the world, from Nation to Nation, by sea and land, to Preach this Gospel to strangers of various languages, through all difficulties and sufferings, to confirm ⟨p. 8⟩all by miracles, to leave this sacred Doctrine infallibly in records to the Church, as a rule to the end of the World, to teach men to observe all things. Christ had commanded them, as well as to disciple nations, and baptize them, and to settle the orders and government of the Churches according to the will of Christ, this was the extraordinary part of his Ministry.