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“We are ignorant of things necessary, because we learn things superfluous and unnecessary”

Book:The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter: With a Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of His Writings

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The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter: With a Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of His Writings

The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter is a comprehensive collection of the religious and theological writings of Richard Baxter, an influential English Puritan minister. The volume not only gathers Baxter's practical treatises but also features a detailed biography of the author and a critical evaluation of his contributions to religious thought and practice. more

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Richard Baxter

Richard Baxter was an English poet, born on November 12, 1615, and died on December 8, 1691. Known for his religious poetry and theological writings, Baxter held a significant position in English literature during the 17th century. more

“We must feel toward our people as a father toward his children; yea, the most tender love of a mother must not surpass ours. We must even travail in birth, till Christ be formed in them. They should see that we care for no outward thing, neither liberty, nor honor, nor life, in comparison to their salvation... When the people see that you truly love them, they will hear anything from you...Oh therefore, see that you feel a tender love for your people in your hearts, and let them perceive it in your speech and conduct. Let them see that you spend and are spent for their sakes.”

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Author:Richard Baxter

“Truth without enthusiasm, morality without emotion, ritual without soul, are things Christ unsparingly condemned. Destitute of fire, they are nothing more than a godless philosophy, an ethical system, and a superstition.”

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Book:The Way to Pentecost

Source: The Way to Pentecost

“Actors speak of things imaginary as if they were real, while you preachers too often speak of things real as if they were imaginary.”

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Author:Thomas Betterton

“A man full of hope will be full of action.”

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Book:Smooth Stones Taken from Ancient Brooks: Being a Collection of Sentences, Illustrations, and Quaint Sayings, from the Works of that Renowned Puritan, Thomas Brooks

Source: Smooth Stones Taken from Ancient Brooks: Being a Collection of Sentences, Illustrations, and Quaint Sayings, from the Works of that Renowned Puritan, Thomas Brooks

“Oh sirs, deal with sin as sin, and speak of heaven and hell as they are, and not as if you were in jest.”

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Author:John Flavel

“You ask me, How much time? I do not know. I know it means time enough to forget time.”

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Author:John Mott

“Answering a student's question, 'Will the heathen who have not heard the Gospel be saved?' thus, 'It is more a question with me whether we, who have the Gospel and fail to give it to those who have not, can be saved.”