A26906:336
The cure of church-divisions, or, Directions for weak Christians to keep them from being…
The cure of church-divisions, or, Directions for weak Christians to keep them from being dividers or troublers of the church with some directions to the pastors how to deal with such Christians / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Nevil Symmons, 1670
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.
The power of the Keys, is the power of taking into the Church, and of Governing it, and of casting out: Both in respect to present Order, and in respect to future happiness, by a Ministerial declaration of the sense of the Gospel, concerning the state of such as they.
THe power of the Keyes, is the power of taking into the Church, and of Governing it, and of casting out: Both in respect to present Order, and in respect to future happiness, by a Ministerial declaration of the sense of the Gospel, concerning the state of such as they.
The power of Baptizing, is the power of the Keys for reception into the Church. The private members have not the power of baptizing, nor were the Pastors ever appointed to do it, by their advise, consent or vote. Therefore the private members have not the power of the Keys for admission, And it is most apparent in the Gospel, that the Keys for admission and for exclusion are ⟨p. 93⟩given into the same hands, and not one to the Ministers and another to the Flock: Therefore the people that have not the first, have not the later.
The power of Baptizing, is the power of the Keyes for reception into the Church. The private members have not the power of baptizing, nor were the Pastors ever appointed to do it, by their advise, consent or vote. Therefore the private members have not the power of the Keyes for admission, And it is most apparent in the Gospel, that the Keyes for admission and for exclusion are ⟨p. 93⟩given into the same hands, and not one to the Ministers and another to the Flock: Therefore the people that have not the first, have not the later.