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The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter: Volume I is unavailable, but you can change that!

Volume One contains A Life of the Author and a Critical Examination of His Writings, a lengthy biography by Rev. William Orme. The first part of the biography covers the life of Richard Baxter, such as his childhood years, his education, his wrestling with doubt, and his forays into ministry. Other anecdotal features of this biography include an account of Baxter’s first sermon, his views on...

On returning from Ludlow Castle to his father’s, he found his old schoolmaster, Owen, dying of a consumption. At the request of Lord Newport, he took charge of the school till it should appear whether the master would die or recover. In about a quarter of a year his death relieved Baxter from this office, and as he had determined to enter the ministry, he placed himself under Mr. Francis Garbet, then minister of Wroxeter, for further instruction in theology. With him he read logic about a month,
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