Is it an abridgment of the 23 volume set? In the recesses of my mind, I seem to recall that it is.

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Rob S.
New Creation RPC
Kitchener, ON

not really it just is all his more "practical" works it includes the unabridged edition of "The Christian Directory", "A Call to the Unconverted", "The Saints' Everlasting Rest", "Treatise of Self-Denial", "The Reformed Pastor", "The One Thing Necessary", and a few sermons.

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Joshua
Student, Summer Intern
Fellowship Baptist
Ontario, Canada

Logos has a wider selection of pre-pub of Richard Baxter's practical works at a better or equal price than the hard cover versions by Soli Deo Gloria given Soli Deo Gloria's are out of print. Search baxter at Logos Bible Software - Bible Study has never been easier!

I would reccomend however The Christian Directory and the abridged version of the Reformed Pastor if you don't have any of his works. The unabridged version is pointlessly too long and useless in the 21st Century in my opinion.

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J. P. Grigoletti II * Lay-man * Église Réformée du Québec
Québec, Québec Canada * Member: Église Reformée St. Marc
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<<There are three things necessary for thee to know, that thou, enjoying this comfort, mayest live and die happily: the first, how great your sins and miseries are; the second, how thou may be delivered from all thy sins and miseries; the third, how thou shall express thy gratitude to God for such deliverance.>>

If you have to read one book by Baxter, read the Christian Directory. This book guided and helped me in my early christian walk and it still does. Worth its weight in gold!

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Jacob Peters
Layman
URC
Toronto
Canada

The 4 volume SDG set is "The Practical Works of Richard Baxter." Many of Baxter's works were never reprinted due to their controversial nature. This is his "applied" theology, if you will. Even the Puritans themselves decried "the Baxterian perversion of justification." But they still lauded him for his ability to apply Scripture to all areas of life.

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Dr. Don Kistler

What was so controversial about Baxters works? (never having read him yet)

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Brian E
Attending Falls OPC
Menomonee Falls, WI

I would say that his doctrine regarding the extent of the atonement was a rather large issue. On that matter he apparently held to a form of Amyraldism.

According to Reformed Baptist Theological Review, Benjamin Keach, and others Baxter put forth a view of justification which is either serius error or outright heresy.

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Bob, elder, RBC Louisville. 1689 LBCF

"... Of such also, or of those who make a credible profession of being such, all those particular churches consist, which constitute our Lord's visible kingdom. ... Consequently, all the subjects of His government must have spiritual dispositions, , and yield spiritual obedience- obedience proceeding from an enlightened understanding, an awakened conscience, and a renewed heart."- Abraham Booth 1788

You could also check out the digital version of his complete works at my website
Baxter's complete works

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Satch, Particular Baptist, England
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Much more worrying than his views on the extent of the atonement (mentioned below) were his teachings on justification and neonomism. We can value much in his practical works, and ought to give thanks for the direction and encouragement he has given; but it would be best to avoid his much of his more dogmatic work.

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Paul Korte
OPC
Flint, MI

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See Benjamin Keach and the Baxterian Controversy of the 1690's by Austin Walker in Reformed Baptist Theological Review Vol III No I