1657 RICHARD BAXTER. One Sheet for the Ministry, Against the Malignants of All Sorts. Rare Kederminster Published Tract.

A second very rare, local Kederminster printed tract by Richard Baxter. It appears to have been written in response to local abuse and disregard for the Ministry via Quaker local preachers who made claims of immediate inspiration to untrained, uneducated preachers and derided the need for a standing Ministry. Seekers and Papists are thrown in, but it seems the primary target is Quakers. The upside is we end up with a wonderful articulation of Baxter's theology of the ministry and an account of many of his personal practices and values as a pastor. Penned in August of 1657 and printed only once.  Baxter, Richard. One Sheet for the Ministry, Against Malignants of all Sorts. London. Printed by Robert White, for Nevil Simmons, Bookseller, in Kederminster, Anno Dom. 1657. First and only edition. 14pp. "As mans first felicity was attended with the malice of the Serpent, so is the wonderful work of his Restauration. The promise of Reconciliation by the seed of the woman, is joyned with a proc