Priest to the Temple Or the Country Parson His Character and Rule of Holy Life (Hardback)

Excerpt from The Country Parson: His Character and Rule of Holy Life. Being desirous through the mercy of God to please him for whom I am and live and who giveth me my desires and performances; and considering with myself that the way to please him is to feed my flock diligently and faithfully since our Saviour hath made that the argument of a pastor''s love; I have resolved to set down the form and character of a true pastor that I may have a mark to aim at: which also I will set as high as I can since he shoots higher that threatens the moon than he that aims at a tree. Not that I think if a man do not all which is here expressed he presently sins and displeases God; but that it is a good strife to go as far as we can in pleasing of him who hath done so much for us. The Lord prosper the intention to myself and others who may not despise my poor labors but add to those points which I have observed until the book grow to a complete pastoral.. About the Publisher. Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at forgottenbooks. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.