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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
Chapter 8: How far this Confederacy and Concord bindeth the Members of a National Church to Confor…
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.
Chap. VIII. How far this Confederacy and Concord bindeth the Members of a National Church to Conformity to the common sense and practice.
Chap. VIII. How far this Confederacy and Concord bindeth the Members of a National Church to Conformity to the common sence and practice.
§ 1 Whoever is convinced that Christian Kingdoms or National Churches are of Christs Institution, must needs know that it is the duty of all its Members, to do their best to preserve them and promote their welfare as considered in that form; and not only to seek their own Salvation, or the prospering of their particular Churches or Parties, not only to seek the common good of Christians as such in Community; But to keep up the National Polity in all lawful things in the way of their several places and callings. For he is unworthy to be a Denizen in any lawful Society, that promoteth not its well faring.
§ 1 VVHoever is convinced that Christian Kingdoms or National Churches are of Christs Institution, must needs know that it is the duty of all its Members, to do their best to preserve them and promote their welfare as considered in that form; and not only to seek their own Salvation, or the prospering of their particular Churches or Parties, not only to seek the common good of Christians as such in Community; But to keep up the National Polity in all lawful things in the way of their several places and callings. For he is unworthy to be a Denison in any lawful Society, that promoteth not its well faring.