Baxter - Houston-Packer Collection BX5200 .B352 1835 v1

TO THE POOR IN SPIRIT. 241 former, also, I shall contribute my best endeavors, and amwith this sending to the press some few sheets to that end, with our " Wor- cestershire Agreement.") The full accomplishment 'of both; the subduing of the prince of darkness, confusion, and contention; the destroying of that pride, self-esteem, self seeking, and carnal- mindedness, which, remaining even in the best, are the disturbers of all peace; the fuller discovery' of the sinfulness of unpeaceable principles, dispositions and practices ; the nearer closure of all true believers, and the hastening of the church's everlasting peace; these are his daily prayers, who is A zealous desirer of the peace of the church, and of every faithful soul, RICHARD BAXTER. May 7, 1653. VOL. I. 31

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