Richard Baxter 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 1656, 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 reapplied in terms of modern circumstances, will provide
both ministers and other Christians with challenge, direction and help.
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