Francis Picabia
French painter and writer (1879-1953)
Richard Baxter
English Puritan church leader, poet, and hymn-writer
Richard Baxterwas an English Nonconformist church leader and theologian from Rowton, Shropshire, who has been described as “the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen”. He made his reputation in the late 1630s by his ministry at Kidderminster in Worcestershire, when he also began a long and prolific career as theological writer.
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Richard Baxterwas an English Nonconformist church leader and theologian from Rowton, Shropshire, who has been described as “the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen”. He made his reputation in the late 1630s by his ministry at Kidderminster in Worcestershire, when he also began a long and prolific career as theological writer.
Following the Act of Uniformity 1662, Baxter refused an appointment as Bishop of Hereford and was expelled from the Church of England. He became one of the most influential leaders of the Nonconformist movement, spending time in prison. His views remain controversial within the Calvinist tradition of Predestination because he taught that Christians are placed under a type of faith-law.
7 Quotes by Richard Baxter
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Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.
Richard BaxterEnglish Puritan church leader, poet, and hymn-writer
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If they can see you love them, you can say anything to them.
Richard BaxterEnglish Puritan church leader, poet, and hymn-writer
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Keep up you conjugal love in constant heat and vigor.
Richard BaxterEnglish Puritan church leader, poet, and hymn-writer
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Be careful how you spend your time: Spend your time in nothing which you know must be repented of.
Richard BaxterEnglish Puritan church leader, poet, and hymn-writer
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You may know God, but not comprehend Him.
Richard BaxterEnglish Puritan church leader, poet, and hymn-writer
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Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all.
Richard BaxterEnglish Puritan church leader, poet, and hymn-writer
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I preached as never sure to preach again, And as a dying man to dying men.
Richard BaxterEnglish Puritan church leader, poet, and hymn-writer