Baxter - BV649 B3 1670

Texts defcribixtg the C mitesmay. 421 flianity ? Secoi,dly, What is the office dnd work of the Minillery, and which way they are to win fouls, andconvince or .dente gain- fayers and ex- tirpate errours, and prevent or cure fchifmes,and fecure the Churches peace ? And as for them that can ferioufly perufe all thefe words of the fpirit of God, and yet can find in them no matter of corre&ion or infirt ion without a Commentary and argumentation , I have no more to fay to them at this time ; but to add Chriils next wards' Joh. 13. 18. I fpeal¿ not rf yoH all ! I kr.00 r hone Ihave tholes, _ And I llaall annex a few texts which chara&erize the contrary fpirit; Contra- ry I fay , to CHEISTLINITT and the faithful MINI STER T, rand with them I íhall con- clude. 1 Toh. 3. r2, i3. Not as Cain who was of that Wicked One,and flew his brother. And wherefore flew he him ? B caufe his own works were evil andhis brothers righteous (Hrb. it. 4. By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent facrifice thanCain) v. t,. Marvel not my brethren if the worldhate you Whofoever hateth his brother is a murderer: And ye know that no murderer hath eternal lift abiding in him. ( We ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.) job. 8. 44. Ye are of your father the devil .s and the tufts of your father ye will do : he was a murderer from' the beginning I Sang. 25. 25. 17. As his name is fo'is he Al4bal is his name, and folly is with him --- lie is fuch a fon of Belial that a man cannot fpeak to him. Read the f ory of Daeg, 1 Sam. 22. Read

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