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The classic text of Christian reverence by Richard Baxter is presented to the reader unabridged with all sixteen chapters, and the conclusion.Written by Baxter as he lay suffering from a serious illness, The Saints' Everlasting Rest may be interpreted both as a final correspondence between the author and God, and as a message from Baxter who sought to give a pure example of devotion to all Christians. He endured much persecution in life, and was on multiple occasions incarcerated for his beliefs. As a leading figure in the Puritan movement of the 17th century, Richard Baxter spent his life teaching the Christian faith. A reformer who sought to install rigor and observance of faith in the Church of England, Baxter's sudden and unexpected descent to illness steeled him with the devotion to write this book. He had hitherto spent his life as a preacher with some proclivity to writing: his illness however instilled an urgency which accelerated his written output in service of God.

The classic text of Christian reverence by Richard Baxter is presented to the reader unabridged with all sixteen chapters, and the conclusion.Written by Baxter as he lay suffering from a serious illness, The Saints' Everlasting Rest may be interpreted both as a final correspondence between the author and God, and as a message from Baxter who sought to give a pure example of devotion to all Christians. He endured much persecution in life, and was on multiple occasions incarcerated for his beliefs. As a leading figure in the Puritan movement of the 17th century, Richard Baxter spent his life teaching the Christian faith. A reformer who sought to install rigor and observance of faith in the Church of England, Baxter's sudden and unexpected descent to illness steeled him with the devotion to write this book. He had hitherto spent his life as a preacher with some proclivity to writing: his illness however instilled an urgency which accelerated his written output in service of God.

An unabridged edition with all three Chapters and Parts, to include: Introductory Note - The Oversight of Ourselves - The Oversight of The Flock - The Nature of This Oversight - The Motives to This Oversight - The Manner of This Oversight - Motives to The Oversight of The Flock - Application - The Use of Humiliation - The Duty of Personal Catechizing and Instructing the Flock Particularly Recommended - Motives to This Duty - Motives from the Benefits of the Work - Motives from The Difficulties of the Work - Motives from The Necessity of the Work - Application of these Motives - Objections and Answers to This Duty - Directions for This Duty, and the final two Articles with footnotes.

Richard Baxter's passionate plea to unbelievers, calling upon them to convert to Christianity, is as thought-provoking and religiously profound today as when first published centuries ago.An unabashed and compelling exhortation, A Call to the Unconverted marries the author's keen grasp of logic and reason with his utmost admiration and love for Jesus Christ. The combination of Baxter's astute mind and his veneration of the Son of God makes this treatise a true classic of Christian literature: from the moment the text first appeared in 1669, the reception among Christians and non-Christians alike was appreciative.For Baxter, Christianity is the one and true faith upon the Earth. Whilst acknowledging the essential values imparted in other religions - such as the virtues of human conduct; kindness, compassion, humility, honesty, courage - Baxter is eager to emphasize that Christ is the authentic embodiment of belief.

Richard Baxter's passionate plea to unbelievers, calling upon them to convert to Christianity, is as thought-provoking and religiously profound today as when first published centuries ago.An unabashed and compelling exhortation, A Call to the Unconverted marries the author's keen grasp of logic and reason with his utmost admiration and love for Jesus Christ. The combination of Baxter's astute mind and his veneration of the Son of God makes this treatise a true classic of Christian literature: from the moment the text first appeared in 1669, the reception among Christians and non-Christians alike was appreciative.For Baxter, Christianity is the one and true faith upon the Earth. Whilst acknowledging the essential values imparted in other religions - such as the virtues of human conduct; kindness, compassion, humility, honesty, courage - Baxter is eager to emphasize that Christ is the authentic embodiment of belief.

We do not arrogate tu ourselves so much as to suppose, that our commendation can add any thing to the authority of such a name as that of Richard Baxter, He belonged to a class of men, whose characters and genius now universally venerated, seem to have been most peculiarly adapted, by Divine Providence, to the circumstances of their age and country...

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