LIFE OF RICHARD BAXTER. 217 of awarm and hasty spirit. To his "Antidote," Baxter 'replied in this ".Defense." 59. "The Divine Appointment of the Lord's-Day proved, as a separatedDay for holy Worship, especially in Church-Assemblies; and consequentlytheCessation of the seventh-daySabbath." 8vo. published in 1671. 60. "The Duty of Heavenly Meditation reviewed, in answer to the Exceptions of Mr. Giles Firmin." 4t9. 1671. This pamphlet was a reply to a brother who had animadvertedgently on .some passages in the Saint's Rest. 61. " How far Holiness is the Designof Christianity." 4to. a pamphlet, published in 1671. 62. "God's Goodness vindicated," &c. 12mo. 1671. 63. "A second Admonition to Mr. Edward Bagshaw, written to call him to Repentance, &c." 4tó. published in 1671. 64. " More Reasons for the Christian .Religion, and no Reasons against it." 12mo. published in 1672. This was mi Appendix to the work numbered 53. 65. "The Church told of Mr. Edward Bagshaw's Scandal, and warned of the dangerous Snares of Satan now laid for them in his love-killing Principles." 4to. published in 1672. This was the end of the controversy. Bagshaw, long á sufferer in the cause of righteousness and liberty, whom his opponent characterizes as a mats of a Roman spirit, died, a prisoner, just as this pamphlet came from the press ; =a circumstance which Baxter records as one that gave him great pain. 66. " A Christian Directory ; or, A Sum of Practical Theology, and Cases of Conscience," etc. folio; 1673. This work was written in 1664 and 1665. In the recent octavo edition, it fills five large volumes. 67. "The PoorMan's Family Book." 8vo. published in 1674. 68.`"Catholic Theologyplain, pure, peaceable : for Pacifica- tion of the dogmatiFal Word-warriors; who,.by contending about things unrevealed, or not understood, and by putting verbal Dif- ferences for real; and their arbitrary Notions for necessary sacred Truths, deceivedand deceiving byambiguous, unexplained Words, have long been the Shame of the Christian Religion, a Scandal and hardening to Unbelievers, the Incendiaries, Dividers, and Distracters of the Church; the Occasion of State Discords and Wars ; the Corrupters of the Chri§tian Faith; and the Subverters of their own Souls, and those of. their Followers; calling them to a blind Zeal and wrathful Warfare against true Piety, Love, and Peace, and. teaching them to censure, backbite, slander and prate against each other, for things which they never understood. In Three Books. I. Pacifying Principles about God's Decrees, VOL. i. 28
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