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Richard Baxter
1615–1691
A leading Puritan pastor and one of the best-known English religious writers of the seventeenth century, he became famous for plainspoken practical books and for trying to heal divisions among Protestants. His long ministry at Kidderminster helped make him a model of serious, hands-on pastoral work.
5 Audiobooks
A Christian Directory, Part 1: Christian Ethics
by Richard Baxter
A Christian Directory, Part 2: Christian Economics
by Richard Baxter
The Saint's Everlasting Rest A Treatise of the Blessed State of the Saints in Their Enjoyment of God in Heaven
by Richard Baxter
A Christian Directory, Part 3: Christian Ecclesiastics
by Richard Baxter
A Christian Directory, Part 4: Christian Politics
by Richard Baxter
About the author
Born in Rowton, Shropshire, in 1615, Richard Baxter was largely self-educated and grew into one of the most influential English Nonconformist ministers of his age. He is especially associated with Kidderminster, where his preaching and pastoral care won a wide reputation and where he began the writing career that made his name endure.
Baxter lived through the upheavals of the English Civil War, the Commonwealth, and the Restoration, and he was drawn into many of the religious controversies of the time. Although firmly committed in his beliefs, he was often described as a peacemaker because he kept urging greater unity among Protestants even when public life was sharply divided.
He wrote prolifically on Christian living, pastoral ministry, and theology. Among his best-known works are The Reformed Pastor and The Saints' Everlasting Rest, books that helped shape devotional reading for generations. Baxter died in London in 1691, but his reputation as a practical, earnest, and deeply engaged pastor has lasted far beyond his century.