A26892:6567
A Christian Directory
A Christian directory, or, A sum of practical theology and cases of conscience directing Christians how to use their knowledge and faith, how to improve all helps and means, and to perform all duties, how to overcome temptations, and to escape or mortify every sin : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.A Christian directory, or, A summ of practical theologie and cases of conscience directing Christians how to use their knowledge and faith, how to improve all helps and means, and to perform all duties, how to overcome temptations, and to escape or mortifie every sin : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by Robert White for Nevill Simmons, 1673
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
15. No mortal man may take on him to make another Church, or another Office for the Church, as a Divine thing, on the same grounds, and of the same nature pretendedly as Christ hath made those already made. The case of adding new Church Officers or Forms of Churches, is the same with that of making new Worship Ordinances for God, and accordingly to be determined (which I have largely opened in its place). Accidents may be added. Substantials of like pretended nature may not be added: Because it is an usurping of Christs power, without derivation by any proved commission; and an accusing of him, as having done his own work imperfectly.
16. Indeed no man can here make a new Church Officer of this Intrinsic sort without making him new work, which is to make new Doctrine, or new Worship (which are forbidden): For to do1 Gods work already made belongs to the Office already instituted. If every King will make his own Officers, or authorize the greater to make the less, none must presume to make Christ Officers and Churches without his Commission.
16. Indeed no man can here make a new Church Officer of this Intrinsick sort without making him new work, which is to make new Doctrine, or new Worship (which are forbidden): For to do1 Gods work already made belongs to the Office already instituted. If every King will make his own Officers, or authorize the greater to make the less, none must presume to make Christ Officers and Churches without his Commission.
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