218 LIFE OF RICHARD BAXTER. Foreknowledge, Providence, Operations, Redemption, Grace, Man's Power, Free -will, Justification, Merits, Certainty of Salva- tion, Perseverance, &c. II, A Pacifying Praxis, or Dialogue about the Five Articles, Justification, &c., proving that Men here contend almost only about ambiguous Words and ùnrevealed. Things. III. Pacifying Disputations against some real Errors which hinder Reconciliation, viz., aboutphysical Predeterminations, original Sin, the Extent of Redemption, sufficient Grace, Imputa- tion of Righteousness, &c. Written chiefly for Posterity, when sad Experience bath taught Men to hate theological Wars, and to love, and seek; and call for Peace." folio, 1675. 69. "More Proofs of Infants; Church-membership, and conse- quently theirRights to Baptism ; or a second Defense of our Infant Rights andMercies." 8vo. published in 1675. This was the re- vival of his old Disputé with Mr*. Tombes. See p. 122. 70. ,"Two Disputations of Original Sin." 12mo. 1675. 71: Treatise of Justifying Righteousness." 8vo. 1676. 72. Omitting, for the present, any mention of a.large class of controversial writings, which occupied much ofhis time, we notice next a small tract, published in 1676, entitled "Reasons for Min- isters' using the greatest Plainness," etc. 73. "Review of the State of Christian Infants." 8vo. 1676. 74. 'fA Moral Prognostication; first, What shall befall the Churches on Earth, till their Concord by the Restitution of their primitivePurity, Simplicity andCharity : secondly, How that Res, titution is likely to be made, if ever, and what shall befall them thenceforth unto the End, in that golden Age of Love." 4to: pub- lished in 1680. This work was written in 1661. 75. " Poetical Fragments : Heart Employment with God and itself. The concordantDiscord of abroken healed Heart ; sorrow- ing, rejoicing, fearing, hoping, living, dying." 12mo. 1681. 76. "Methodus Theologiæ Christianee, Natures Rerumcongrua, Sacræ Scripturæ conformis, Praxi adaptata," etc. folio, 1681. There could hardly have been á more striking illustration of the versatilityof Baxter's talents, than the fact that the same year wit- nessed thepublication of his Methodus Theologies and his Poetical Fragments ; the one (nearly900 pages) full of all the logic, learn- ing, and metaphysics of the schoolmen ; the other (as insiagnificant ' in bulk as any modern volume of poems) containing some truly beautiful specimens of devotional poetry. 77. "A Breviate of the Life of Mrs. Margaret Baxter, with some Account of her Mother, Mrs. Hamner." 4to.. 1681. 78. " Of the Immortality of Man's' Soul ; and of the Nature of it, and of. other Spirits." 12mo. 1682: 79. `S Compassionate Counsel lo all Young Men; especially
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