The reformed and celibate pastor : : Richard Baxter's argument for clerical celibacy / / Seth D. Osborne.

• Superior document: Reformed Historical Theology
• VerfasserIn: Osborne, Seth D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Gottingen, Germany : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Reformed historical theology.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (418 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• List of Abbreviations
• A Note on Quotations and References
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Richard Baxter: "The Late Seventeenth Century Scourge Of Matrimony"
• 1.1 Baxter, Controversy, and Clerical Marriage
• 1.2 Baxter and Clerical Celibacy in Scholarship
• 1.3 Methodology and Structure
• 2. English Protestant Marriage Literature in Elizabethan and Stuart England
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Marriage and Celibacy as Issues of Adiaphora
• 2.3 The Influence of Genesis 1-2 on Marriage Doctrine
• 2.4 The Gift of Chastity and Christian Liberty
• 2.5 Objections to Wedlock from 1 Corinthians 7
• 2.6 Key Theological Influences on Richard Baxter
• 2.6.1 The Influence of Ames on Baxter
• 2.6.2 The Significance of Ames' Casuistry
• 2.6.3 The Influence of Whately on Baxter
• 2.6.4 Whately's Unique Marriage Theology
• 2.7 Conclusion
• 3. Baxter's Theology of Soul Care in the Church and the Family
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 The English Church in the Mid-Seventeenth Century
• 3.2.1 The Need for further Reformation
• 3.2.2 The Commonwealth: Hopes and Failures
• 3.2.3 The Audience of The Reformed Pastor
• 3.3 Baxter's Pastoral Model of Soul Care
• 3.3.1 Personal Instruction through Catechizing
• 3.3.2 Effective Church Discipline
• 3.3.3 Ministerial Associations
• 3.3.4 The Means of Finishing the Reformation
• 3.4 The Strains of Clerical Marriage on Baxter's Model
• 3.5 Soul Care in Baxter's Theology of the Family
• 3.5.1 Critiques of Baxter's Marriage Theology
• 3.5.2 Baxter and the Purpose of Marriage
• 3.5.3 Soul Care in the Practice of Courtship
• 3.5.4 Soul Care among Children and Servants
• 3.5.5 The Family's Place in Society
• 3.5.6 The Family in Baxter's Pastoral Program
• 3.5.7 Tensions in Baxter's Familial Soul Care
• 3.6 Conclusion.
• 4. "Particularities" of Richard Baxter
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Baxter and Theological Controversy
• 4.2.1 Baxter's Attraction to Controversy
• 4.2.2 Baxter's Dogmatic Approach to Debate
• 4.3 Baxter's Pastoral Concern
• 4.3.1 The Importance of Practical Christianity
• 4.3.2 Baxter's Sense of Urgency
• 4.4 Baxter's Chronic Illness
• 4.5 Baxter's Emphasis on Heavenly Meditation
• 4.6 Baxter's Life Experiences
• 4.6.1 Baxter's Early Years and Views of Friendship
• 4.6.2 Baxter's Education in Isolation
• 4.6.3 Baxter's Ministerial Success at Kidderminster
• 4.7 Conclusion
• 5. The Christian Life and Clerical Celibacy in the Christian Directory
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 The Context and Purpose of the Christian Directory
• 5.3 Baxter's Principles for the Christian Life
• 5.3.1 Centrality of the Heart and Affections
• 5.3.2 Focus on the Future Life
• 5.3.3 Doing the Greatest Good
• 5.4 Baxter's Principles and Clerical Celibacy
• 5.4.1 Calling and Marriage
• 5.4.2 The Call to Marry
• 5.4.3 The Inconveniences of Marriage
• 5.5 Conclusion
• 6. Baxter's Consistency with His Argument for Clerical Celibacy
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Margaret Charlton's Early Life
• 6.3 Richard and Margaret's Relationship
• 6.3.1 Baxter's Purpose for the Breviate
• 6.3.2 Margaret's Growing Affection for Baxter
• 6.3.3 Baxter's Initial Indifference to Margaret
• 6.3.4 The Restoration's Impact on Baxter
• 6.3.5 Baxter's Change of Heart
• 6.4 Conclusion
• 7. The Marriage of Richard and Margaret Baxter
• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 Baxter's Continued Pastoral Role after 1662
• 7.3 The Benefits of Marriage to Baxter's Pastoral Work
• 7.4 The Hindrances of Marriage to Baxter's Pastoral Work
• 7.5 Balancing Family and Ministry: English Puritans vs. Baxter
• 7.6 Baxter's Continued Advocacy for Clerical Celibacy
• 7.7 Conclusion
• 8. Conclusion.
• Bibliography
• Index
• Body.