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The saints everlasting rest
The saints everlasting rest: or, A treatise of the blessed state of the saints in their enjoyment of God in glory: extracted from the works of Mr. Richard Baxter, by John Wesley, M.A. late fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford.
Philadelphia: printed by Prichard & Hall, 1790
Part 2 › Chapter 12: An Advice to some more particularly to help others to this Rest.
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.
Secondly, A far greater clog than this doth lie upon ministers, which few take notice of; and that is, the fewness of ministers, and the greatness of congregations. In the apostles time every church had a multitude of ministers, and so it must be again, or we shall never come near that primitive pattern; and then they could preach publicly, and from house to house: but now, when there is but one or two ministers to many thousand souls, we cannot teach them one by one. So that you see, you have little reason to cast your work on the ministers, but should the ••••e help them by your diligence in your several fam•••, because they are already so over-burdened.
Secondly, A far greater clog than this doth lie upon ministers, which few take notice of; and that is, the fewness of ministers, and the greatness of congregations. In the apostles time every church had a multitude of ministers, and so it must be again, or we shall never come near that primitive pattern; and then they could preach publicly, and from house to house: but now, when there is but one or two ministers to many thousand souls, we cannot teach them one by one. So that you see, you have lit•le reason to cast your work on the ministers, but should the ••••e help them by your diligence in your several fam•••, because they are already so over-burdened.
Object. 3. But some will say, We a• […] men and must labour for our living, and so mu••, […] •••ildren; we cannot have time to teach them the […] •••es, we have somewhat else for them to do.
Object. 3. But some will say, We a• 〈…〉 men and must labour for our living, and so mu, ildren; we cannot have time to teach them the es, we have somewhat else for them to do.