Richard Baxter Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• Make careful choice of the books which you read: let the holy scriptures ever have the pre-eminence, and, next to them, those solid, lively, heavenly treatises which best expound and apply the scriptures, and next, credible histories, especially of the Church... but take heed of false teachers who would corrupt your understandings.

  Richard Baxter

  Teacher, Book, Choices

  "A Christian Directory: Or, a Sum of Practical Theology, and Cases of Conscience Directing". Book by Richard Baxter, 1673.

• It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make a man wise or good; but well reading of a few.

  Richard Baxter

  Wise, Book, Reading

  Richard Baxter (1825). “A Christian Directory, Or, A Body of Practical Divinity and Cases of Conscience: Christian politics, (or duties to our rulers and neighbours”, p.584

• Do not waste your time on light, weak, milk­toast ministries and books

  Richard Baxter

  Book, Light, Ministry

• It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make a man wise or good, but the well-reading of a few, could he be sure to have the best. And it is not possible to read over many on the same subject without a great deal of loss of precious time.

  Richard Baxter

  Wise, Book, Reading

  Richard Baxter (1847). “The Practical Works of Richard Baxter; with a Preface, Giving Some Account of the Author, and of this Edition of His Practical Works; an Essay on His Genius, Works, and Times ...”, p.731

• Make careful choice of the books which you read:
  let the holy Scriptures ever have the preeminence.

  Richard Baxter

  Book, Choices, Scripture

  Richard Baxter, William Orme (1830). “The Practical Works of Richard Baxter: with a Life of the Author and a Critical Examination of His Writings by William Orme”, p.150

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