The Causes and Danger of Slighting Christ and His Gospel.

THE Substance of the following Pages was first preached in the Parish
Church at Kidderminster in the Course of the Author's stated Ministry.
It was afterward preached in one of the largest Parish Churches in
London, to an Auditory so much crouded, that one Nobleman was obliged
to stand all the Time; and two others returned back, because they could
not get within Hearing, tho' Mr. Baxter's Voice was remarkably loud and
clear; and tho' he himself had sent the Day before to desire Room might
be provided for his Noble Friend: Even the Incumbent of the Parish had
no other Place left for him, but to sit in the Pulpit behind the
Preacher. To this last Circumstance Mr. Baxter refers, in an Elegy
which he wrote on the Death of that Reverend Brother, inserted amongst
his Poetical Fragments, wherein he says,

"At once one Pulpit held us both."