Remember the perfections of that God whom you worship, that he is a Spirit, and therefore to be worshipped in spirit and truth; and that he is most great and terrible, and therefore to be worshipped with seriousness and reverence, and not to be dallied with, or served with toys or lifeless lip-service; and that he is most holy, pure, and jealous, and therefore to be purely worshipped; and that he is still present with you, and all things are naked and open to him with whom we have to do. The knowledge of God, and the remembrance of his all-seeing presence, are the most powerful means against hypocrisy.

After the Restoration he refused preferment while retaining a non-separatist Presbyterian approach and became one of the most influential leaders of the nonconformists spending time in prison. His ministry continued with many interruptions for about 19 years; and during that time he accompliRichard Baxterd many reforms in Kidderminster and the neighbourhood. one which would have the same effect in moral government) as that deserved by mankind because of offended law.

Richard Baxter (12 November 1615 – 8 December 1691) was an English Puritan church leader poet hymn-writertheologian and controversialist. After the Restoration he refused preferment while retaining a non-separatist Presbyterian approach and became one of the most influential leaders of the nonconformists spending time in prison.