The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter: With a Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of His WritingsJ. Duncan, 1830 |
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... governor in all causes , as well ecclesiastical as civil ? 54 Q. 3. Doth not this give the pastor's power to the magistrate ? ibid . Q. 4. Hath the king power of church discipline and excom- munication ? .... ibid . Q. 5. If kings and ...
... governor in all causes , as well ecclesiastical as civil ? 54 Q. 3. Doth not this give the pastor's power to the magistrate ? ibid . Q. 4. Hath the king power of church discipline and excom- munication ? .... ibid . Q. 5. If kings and ...
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... governors , or their affairs , and think that God sendeth them to reprove persons and things that are strange to them , and above them ; and vent their distastes upon uncertain reports , or without a call . 2. And I expect to be both ...
... governors , or their affairs , and think that God sendeth them to reprove persons and things that are strange to them , and above them ; and vent their distastes upon uncertain reports , or without a call . 2. And I expect to be both ...
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... governors . 2. And for inferior magistrates towards God , and their superiors , and the people . 3. And the de- termination of the question , How far magistrates have to do in matters of religion ? Whether they be Christian or hea- then ...
... governors . 2. And for inferior magistrates towards God , and their superiors , and the people . 3. And the de- termination of the question , How far magistrates have to do in matters of religion ? Whether they be Christian or hea- then ...
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... governors ( instead of directions ) for securing the interest of Christ , and the church , and men's salvation ; yet assuring the reader that I omit none of this out of any contempt of the matter , or of magistracy , or as if I thought ...
... governors ( instead of directions ) for securing the interest of Christ , and the church , and men's salvation ; yet assuring the reader that I omit none of this out of any contempt of the matter , or of magistracy , or as if I thought ...
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... governors , distinguish between the office , and an aptitude to exercise it : the office consisteth , 1. In an obli- gation to do the duty : 2. And in authority to do it . Both these , a heathen ruler hath ( else the omission were a ...
... governors , distinguish between the office , and an aptitude to exercise it : the office consisteth , 1. In an obli- gation to do the duty : 2. And in authority to do it . Both these , a heathen ruler hath ( else the omission were a ...
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Page 36 - Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God : and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men ; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Page 223 - And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die, for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Page 158 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth : but I say unto you, that ye resist not evil : but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
Page 175 - I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city; that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Page 135 - And surely your blood of your lives will I require : at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man ; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man.
Page 405 - And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye ' Or how wilt thou (Say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye : and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Page 178 - They shall put you out of the synagogues : yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
Page 205 - For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
Page 104 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire.
Page 20 - Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine ; continue in them : for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.