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[[Category:Christian leaders|Baxter, Richard]]
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Richard Baxter (November 12, 1615 - December 8, 1691) was an English Puritan church leader, divine scholar and controversialist, called by Dean Stanley "the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen".

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  • When the Son of God comes to rescue us and bring us back to God, He does not find in us the ability to believe.
    • The Saints' Everlasting Rest (1650), "The Nature of the Saints' Rest"
  • All are making haste towards hell, until by conviction, Christ brings them to a halt, and then, by conversion, turns their hearts and lives sincerely to himself.
    • The Saints' Everlasting Rest (1650), "The Nature of the Saints' Rest"
  • Special mercy arouses more gratitude than universal mercy.
    • The Saints' Everlasting Rest (1650), "The Splendor of the Saints' Rest"
  • In hell, sinners shall forever lay all the blame on their own wills. Hell is a rational torment by conscience.
    • The Saints' Everlasting Rest (1650), "The People Who Receive the Saints' Rest"
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