Richard Baxter on contemplation
Richard Baxter wrote about contemplation in A Christian Directory and The Saints’ Everlasting Rest.
Following Baxter distinguishes between the contemplative life and the active life:
…‘Every active christian is bound to somewhat of contemplation; and all contemplative persons are bound to obedience to God, and to so much of action as may answer their abilities and opportunities. But yet some are much more called to the one, and some to the other; and we denominate from that which is most eminent and the chief.