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| Titre : | The Reformed Pastor |
| Auteurs : | Richard Baxter, Auteur ; William Brown, Éditeur scientifique |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Edinburgh [GB]; Carlisle [USA] : Banner of Truth Trust, 1974 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-85151-191-7 |
| Format : | 256 p. |
| Note générale : | 1st ed. 1656 / Abridged ed. 1829, 1862 / This ed. uses the reprint of 1862. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | FH/A (Théologie du ministère pastoral en général) |
| Résumé : |
Richard Baxter (161 5-1 691 ) was vicar of Kidderminster from 1647 to 1661. In an Introduction to this reprint. Dr J. I. Packer describes him as 'the most outstanding pastor, evangelist and writer on practical and devotional themes that Puritanism produced.' His ministry transformed the people of Kidderminster from 'an ignorant, rude and revelling people' to a godly, worshipping community.
These pages, first prepared for a Worcestershire association of ministers in 1 656, deal with the means by which such changes are ever to be accomplished. In his fervent plea for the discharge of the spiritual obligations of the ministry, Baxter, in the words of his contemporary, Thomas Manton, 'came nearer the apostolic writings than any man in the age.' A century later Philip Doddridge wrote, 'The Reformed Pastor is a most extraordinary book . . . many good men are but shadows of what (by the blessing of God) they might be, if the maxims and measures laid down in that incomparable Treatise were strenuously pursued.' Today, Baxter's principles, drawn from Scripture, and re-applied in terms of modem circumstances, will provide both ministers and other Christians with challenge, direction and help. |
| Note de contenu : |
- Introduction (James I. Packer) - Preface (William Brown) - Dedication - Introductory note CHAPTER I - The oversight of ourselves - Section 1: The nature of this oversight - Section 2: The motives to this oversight CHAPTER II - The oversight of the flock - Section 1: The nature of this oversight: This oversight extends to all the flock - Section 2: The manner of this oversight: the ministerial work must be carried on - Section 3: The motives to this oversight CHAPTER III – Application - Section 1: The use of humiliation - Section 2. The duty of personal catechizing and instructing the flock particularly recommended * Part I: Motives to this duty: 1. Motives from the benefits of the work / 2. Motives from the difficulties of the work / 3. Motives from the necessity of the work / 4. Application of this motives * Part II: Objections to this duty * Part III. Directions for this duty: 1. Directions for bringing our people to submit to the exercise / 2. Directions for prosecuting the exercise with success |
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