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Pneumatou diakonia, or, Gospel-churches a standing ordinance of Jesus Christ to continue to his…
Pneumatou diakonia, or, Gospel-churches a standing ordinance of Jesus Christ to continue to his next personal glorious coming, plainly proved : objections particularly answered / by an unworthy servant ... R.B.Pneumatou diakonia, or, Gospel-churches a standing ordinance of Jesus Christ to continue to his next personal glorious coming, plainly proved : objections particularly answer'd / by an unworthy servant ... R.B.
London: printed by T.M. for Tho. Parkhurst, 1682
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.
2. 'Twas such a Ministration as the Apostles were Ministers of, v. 6. i. e. which they Preached, declared from Jesus Christ, according to his charge to them, Matth. 28.20. and were ministering to him, and the Saints in. 'Twas not the Doctrine of the Gospel, inward purity, practic Godliness only, that they declared as the mind of Christ; but the Worship thereof, institutions of his appointment thereunto appertaining. No sooner were Persons converted to the Faith of Christ, but they were gathered by the Apostles into a Church-state; Acts 2.41, 42, 46. and 9.31. and 11.22, 26. and 14.23, 27. and 15.41. and 16.5. and 20.28. This is too evident to be denied.
2. 'Twas such a Ministration as the Apostles were Ministers of, v. 6. i. e. which they Preach'd, declared from Jesus Christ, according to his charge to them, Matth. 28.20. and were ministring to him, and the Saints in. 'Twas not the Doctrine of the Gospel, inward purity, practick Godliness only, that they declared as the mind of Christ; but the Worship thereof, institutions of his appointment thereunto appertaining. No sooner were Persons converted to the Faith of Christ, but they were gathered by the Apostles into a Church-state; Acts 2.41, 42, 46. and 9.31. and 11.22, 26. and 14.23, 27