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Confirmation and restoration the necessary means of reformation, and reconciliation; for the healing of…Confirmation and restauration the necessary means of reformation, and reconciliation; for the healing of…
Confirmation and restoration the necessary means of reformation, and reconciliation; for the healing of the corruptions and divisions of the churches: submissively, but earnestly tendered to the consideration of the sovereign powers, magistrates, ministers, and people, that they may awake, and be up and doing in the execution of so much, as appeareth to be necessary as they are true to Christ, his Church and Gospel, and to their own and others souls, and to the peace and welfare of the nations; and as they will answer the neglect to Christ, at their peril. / By Richard Baxter, an unworthy minister of Christ, that longeth to see the healing of the churches.Confirmation and restauration the necessary means of reformation, and reconciliation; for the healing of the corruptions and divisions of the churches: submissively, but earnestly tendered to the consideration of the soveraigne powers, magistrates, ministers, and people, that they may awake, and be up and doing in the execution of so much, as appeareth to be necessary as they are true to Christ, his Church and Gospel, and to their own and others souls, and to the peace and wellfare of the nations; and as they will answer the neglect to Christ, at their peril. / By Richard Baxter, an unworthy minister of Christ, that longeth to see the healing of the churches.
London: printed by A.M. for Nevil Simmons book-seller, 1658
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.
2 Cor. 1. 21, 22 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. It is not the common gifts of the Spirit only that are here spoken of, nor is it the first gift of Faith, ⟨p. 106⟩but it is Confirmation, or inward establishment in Christ, and that Spirit, which is the Fathers Seal upon us, and the earnest of the Inheritance. I believe not that it is outward Anointing, or sealing with the sign of the Cross, that is here mentioned, as many Papists dream; but inward unction, seal, earnest, and confirmation by the Spirit, are here expressed. So 2 Cor. 5. 5. Zach. 12. 10. It is the Spirit of Grace and Supplication that is promised to the Church. And see the pattern in Christ our head, on whom after Baptism the Spirit descended, and to whom it is promised, Matth. 12 18.
2 Cor. 1. 21, 22 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. It is not the common gifts of the Spirit only that are here spoken of, nor is it the first gift of Faith, ⟨p. 106⟩but it is Confirmation, or inward establishment in Christ, and that Spirit, which is the Fathers Seal upon us, and the earnest of the Inheritance. I believe not that it is outward Anointing, or sealing with the signe of the Cross, that is here mentioned, as many Papists dreame; but inward unction, seal, earnest, and confirmation by the Spirit, are here exprest. So 2 Cor. 5. 5. Zach. 12. 10. It is the Spirit of Grace and Supplication that is promised to the Church. And see the pattern in Christ our head, on whom after Baptism the Spirit descended, and to whom it is promised,