Directions Against Fornication and Uncleanness

From the Christian Directory

Richard Baxter (1615–91) was born in Rowton, England. In April of 1641, at the age of 26, he became pastor in the village of Kidderminster, and remained there for 19 years. Baxter spent over 18 years of his life imprisoned for preaching against the established church. Dr. J. I. Packer, who did his doctoral work on Richard Baxter, calls his Christian Directory the most important Christian book ever written besides the Bible itself. Dr. Timothy Keller called that book