A76157:579
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
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Object. If Knowledge as such, were necessary to membership, then none could be a member without it: But that's not so.
Object. If Knowledg as such, were necessary to membership, then none could be a member without it: But that's not so.
Answ. 1. Knowledge as such is necessary no otherwise, then Faith as such, and all one; you may therefore as well plead thus against the necessity of Faith. 2. And we grant that neither Knowledge, nor Faith, are necessary to uncapable Subjects, that is, in themselves. You know Faith in Infants, (such as we call Faith) is not necessary to their Justification; and yet will you say, it is not necessary to the Adult? The promise hath made it necessary to the Capable. 3. And we grant that neither Knowledge, nor Faith (justifying or dogmatical) are necessary to the being of a visible Member, that is merely such: God only seeth the heart. But yet the appearance or profession of Faith, and so of Knowledge, in the essentials of Christianity, is of necessity.
Answ. 1. Knowledg as such is necessary no otherwise, then Faith as such, and all one; you may therefore as well plead thus against the necessity of Faith. 2. And we grant that neither Knowledg, nor Faith, are necessary to uncapable Subjects, that is, in themselves. You know Faith in Infants, (such as we call Faith) is not necessary to their Justification; and yet will you say, it is not necessary to the Adult? The promise hath made it necessary to the Capable. 3. And we grant that neither Knowledg, nor Faith (justifying or dogmaticall) are necessary to the being of a visible Member, that is meerly such: God only seeth the heart. But yet the appearance or profession of Faith, and so of Knowledge, in the essentials of Christianity, is of necessity.