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The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness…
The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness of it, and the detection of false dividing terms / opened by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1680
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 King himself is satisfied with the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and doth not require all the subjects, no nor the wisest Lawyers or Judges, to swear, subscribe or profess, that they assent and consent to all the Laws of the land.
The King himself is satisfied with the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacie, and doth not require all the subjects, no nor the wisest Lawyers or Judges, to swear, subscribe or profess, that they assent and consent to all the Laws of the land.
§. 19. 8. The great Controversy of the age ⟨p. 235⟩and many ages, is about the true and formal difference between the lowest species of Churches, which is called A particular or single Church, and an association of Churches or a compound Church: That we may not confound them, nor make a mere gradual difference in the same species to pass for a specific difference. And there is more lieth on this than most observe. And therefore I determine it here in the definition.
§. 19. 8. The great Controversie of the age ⟨p. 235⟩and many ages, is about the true and formal difference between the lowest species of Churches, which is called A particular or single Church, and an association of Churches or a compound Church: That we may not confound them, nor make a meer gradual difference in the same species to pass for a specifick difference. And there is more lyeth on this than most observe. And therefore I determine it here in the definition.
1. It is commonly granted that there must be Christian Assemblies fixed for ordinary Communion in Gods worship. 2. And it is agreed that these Assemblies cannot be held without the officiating and conduct of Ministers of Christ, authorized to teach and administer the Sacraments (Though there be also another sort of assemblies, even for some Religious exercises, which may be held by Princes, Judges and other Lay-men.) 3. And it is by Grotius and many others manifested, that Christ formed his Churches more to the similitude of the Synagogue than the Temple state of order and worship. 4. And it is agreed that though Apostles, Evangelists, and other itinerant Preachers might gather Sacred Assemblies where they came, and were as transient temporary Pastors to them, yet the Apostles were guided by the Spirit to settle Elders in every Church, as is proved before.