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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.
II. Upon what account this Church is called the Body of Christ, must nextly be considered. 'Tis so called, because,
1. Of the forming, fashioning of Christ▪ Particular Churches (whatever is pretended) may not be modified, formed, fashioned according to the wills, humours, or lusts of men; but according to the Type, or Pattern of them given forth by Jesus. He shall build the Temple of the Lord, Zach. 6.12.
1. Of the forming, fashioning of Christ▪ Particular Churches (whatever is pretended) may not be modified, formed, fashioned according to the wills, humors, or lusts of men; but according to the Type, or Pattern of them given forth by Jesus. He shall build the Temple of the Lord, Zach. 6.12.
2. Of their Union, with relation to the Lord Jesus. The Union betwixt Head and Body, is a real, near Union; cannot be separated, but by the Destruction of the whole.