A76157:271
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.
3. Scripture hath no where made such Public Admission to be of constant Necessity: therefore it is not so.
3. Scripture hath no where made such Publique Admission to be of constant Necessity: therefore it is not so.
4. Else none could be Admitted, or Confirmed when persecution hindereth Church Assemblies.
5. The Church is to believe and trust the Pastors, to whom it doth by office belong to try and admit them.
5. The Church is to believe and trust the Pastours, to whom it doth by office belong to try and admit them.
6. General unfixed Ministers may thus try, approve, and confirm, who are not Pastors of any particular Church: (such as Apostles, Evangelists, and others were:) therefore they are not always to do it before a particular Church: Nor indeed did they alway do so.