Gildas Salvianus : the reformed pastor ; Shewing the nature of the pastoral work, especially in private instruction and catechizingWith an open confession of our too open sinsPrepared for a day of humiliation kept at Worcester, Decemb4 1655by the ministers of that county ... . neyes to the hands ofthe moil faithful, Orthodox Mi-nifters, and that they will readilyand felfrdeoyingly undertake theWork. I hope rJf\c Gentlemen , Nativesof this County , will-be pleafed topardon my. publishing their ex-ample , feeing my end is only thepromoting of mens ialvation, andthe common good- And that you may
Gildas Salvianus : the reformed pastor ; Shewing the nature of the pastoral work, especially in private instruction and catechizingWith an open confession of our too open sinsPrepared for a day of humiliation kept at Worcester, Decemb4 1655by the ministers of that county ... . neyes to the hands ofthe moil faithful, Orthodox Mi-nifters, and that they will readilyand felfrdeoyingly undertake theWork. I hope rJf\c Gentlemen , Nativesof this County , will-be pleafed topardon my. publishing their ex-ample , feeing my end is only thepromoting of mens ialvation, andthe common good- And that you may fullyer un-derhand the fcope of our defign •I fhall annex the Letters directed to to the feverai M millers of the County,which ; the Lecturers fend to :heMinifters of the place, and receivehis anfvver, before they preiume toPreach in any Congregations. To J^?^^ />i H#fia T<? alithe^ejl of the Aliniflersof the Cjofpel in this Qounty,our Reverend and belovedBrethren, Grace andTeace inour Lord fefus Qhrijl, Reverend Brethren, \ H E Com munication of the hea-venly Evangelical Light, for theGlory of our Redeemer in theConverfion , Edification andSalvation of mens fouls, is thatwhich we are bound toby many Obligations,as Chriftians, and as Minifters of Chrift for his. his Church, and therefore muft needs be feli-citous thereof: and it is that which the fpiritof Grace, where it abideth, doth proportion-ably difpofe the heart to defire: By convicti-ons of the excellency and neceflity of thiswork, and of our own duty in order thereto,and by the excitation of undeferved Grace,our hearts are carried out,to long after a moregenenl andeffe&ual illumination and favingConversion of the inhabitants of this Coun-ty in which we live: Which while we werebut entiing upon a confulcation to prorhote,it pleafed God (without our knowledge ofit) to put the fame thoughts into the heartsof others. The Natives of this County ofWorcefler who ciwell in London^ meeting at afeaft, (as is their yearly
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