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Of national churches their description, institution, use, preservation, danger, maladies and cure, partly applied…
Of national churches their description, institution, use, preservation, danger, maladies and cure, partly applied to England / written by Richard Baxter for promoting peace ... and for the fuller explication of the Treaty for Concord in 1660 and 1661, and of the Kings gracious declaration about ecclesiastical affairs ... and for further explication of his treatise of episcopacy ...
London: printed by T. Snowden for Thomas Parkhurst, 1691
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.
Ans. Doth your Question mean de Re, or de Nomine? I told you what I mean by a Church, no other than a Christian Kingdom consisting of a Christian Sovereign, and Christian Subjects, worshipping God in confederate particular Churches (ordinarily) will you deny the Being or the Duty of such?
Ans. Doth your Question mean de Re, or de Nomine? I told you what I mean by a Church, no other than a Christian Kingdom consisting of a Christian Soveraign, and Christian Subjects, worshiping God in confederate particular Churches (ordinarily) will you deny the Being or the Duty of such?
If it be the Name, 1. The word Ecclesia is used for even common Assemblies, and therefore much more for Christian Societies.
2. The Israelites were called The Church in the Wilderness; much more when more fully stablished.
3. If you have any reason against the Name, disprove it.