A76157:97
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.
In a word, it is the standing Rule, that If thou confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved, For with the heart man believeth unto Righteousness: and with the mouth Confession is made unto Salvation.He that bids us Receive him that is weak in the Faith, but not to doubtful disputations, ⟨p. 30⟩implieth, that we must not receive them that Profess not at least a weak Faith. Heb. 5. & 6. 1, 2, 3. Show that the Principles of the Doctrine of Christ, were first laid as the Foundation; before Baptism. And who received those Principles could not be known but by a Profession.
In a word, it is the standing Rule, that If thou confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved, For with the heart man believeth unto Righteousnes: and with the mouth Confession is made unto Salvation.He that bids us Receive him that is weak in the Faith, but not to doubtfull disputations, ⟨p. 30⟩implieth, that we must not receive them that Profess not at least a weak Faith. Heb. 5. & 6. 1, 2, 3. Shew that the Principles of the Doctrine of Christ, were first laid as the Foundation; before Baptism. And who received those Principles could not be known but by a Profession.
To this let me add, that Poenitentiam age•e was judged by the Ancient Doctors, the Repentance that was prerequisite to Baptism: and that is, A manifested, professed Repentance.