Richard Baxter Quotes


Will any man that hath not lost his senses, now stand caviling, and quarrelling, that so few should be saved, instead of making sure of his own salvation? The reason that there are so few is, because they will not be saved upon God's terms.


Citations

Baxter, Richard. A Call to the Unconverted to Turn and Live. American Tract Society, 1825, p. 112.

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Richard Baxter
Richard Baxter
  • Born: November 12, 1615
  • Died: December 8, 1691
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Church Leader, Theologian, Controversialist, Poet

Richard Baxter was an English Puritan church leader, poet, hymnodist, theologian, and controversialist. Dean Stanley called him "the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen". After some false starts, he made his reputation by his ministry at Kidderminster, and at around the same time began a long and prolific career as theological writer. After the Restoration he refused preferment, while retaining a non-separatist Presbyterian approach, and became one of the most influential leaders of the Nonconformists, spending time in prison. His views on justification and sanctification are somewhat controversial and unconventional within the Calvinist tradition because his teachings seem, to some, to undermine salvation by faith, in that he emphasizes the necessity of repentance and faithfulness.