A25291:1071
The Marrow of Sacred Divinity
The marrow of sacred divinity drawn out of the Holy Scriptures, and the interpreters thereof, and brought into method / by William Ames ... ; translated out of the Latin ... ; whereunto are annexed certain tables representing the substance and heads of all in a short view ... as also a table opening the hard words therein contained.The marrow of sacred divinity drawne out of the Holy Scriptures, and the interpreters thereof, and brought into method / by William Ames ... ; translated out of the Latine ... ; whereunto are annexed certaine tables representing the substance and heads of all in a short view ... as also a table opening the hard words therein contained.
London: printed by Edward Griffin for Henry Overton, 1642
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
5. Therefore a particular Church in respect of that common nature which is found in all particular Churches▪ is a Species of the Church in general, but in respect of the catholic Church which hath the respect of an whole, it is a member compounded of divers several members gathered together, and so in respect of those members it is also an whole.
5. Therefore a particular Church in respect of that common nature which is found in all particular Churches▪ is a Species of the Church in generall, but in respect of the catholick Church which hath the respect of an whole, it is a member compounded of divers severall members gathered together, and so in respect of those members it is also an whole.
6. Such a congregation or particular Church is a society of believers joined together by a special band ⟨p. 158⟩among themselves▪ for the constant exercise of the communion of Saints among themselves.
6. Such a congregation or particular Church is a society of believeres joyned together by a speciall band ⟨p. 158⟩among themselves▪ for the constant exercise of the communion of Saints among themselves.