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The Poems of George Herbert, to Which Are Added Selections From His Prose, and Walton's 'life'. With Prefatory Notice by E. Rhys
The Poems of George Herbert to Which Are Added Selections From His Prose and Walton's 'life' With Prefatory Notice by E Rhys Author:George Herbert General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1885 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: EXCERPTS FltOM A PRIEST TO THE TEMPLE; OB, The Country Parson, His Character And Rule Of Holy Life. OF A PASTOR. A PASTOR is the deputy of Christ, for the reducing of man to the obedience of God. This definition is evident, and contains the direct steps of pastoral duty and authority. For, first, man fell from God by disobedience ; secondly, Christ is the glorious instrument of God for the revoking of man ; thirdly, Christ being not to continue on earth, but after he had fulfilled the work of reconciliation, to be received up into heaven, He constituted deputies in His place, and these are priests. And therefore St. Paul, in the beginning of his Epistles, professeth this ; and in the First to the Colossians plainly avoncheth that he "fills up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in his flesh, for His body's sake, which is the Church," wherein is contained the complete definition of a minister. Out ofthis charter of the priesthood may be plainly gathered both the dignity thereof and the duty : the dignity, in that a priest may do that which Christ did, and by His authority and as His vicegerent: the duty, in that a priest is to do that which Christ did, and after His manner, both for doctrine and life. The Parson's Life. THE Country Parson is exceedingly exact in his life, being holy, just, prudent, temperate, bold, grave, in all his ways. And because the two highest points of life, wherein a Christian is most seen, are patience and mortification: patience in regard of afflictions -- mortification in regard of lusts and affections, and the stupefying and deading of all the clamoro...« less