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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.
CHAP. VII.
What are the necessary terms of Concord of these single Churches with one another, in the same Kingdom or in divers.
What are the necessary terms of Concord of these single Churches with one another, in the same Kingdome or in divers.
§. 1. That they be under the Government of a Christian Magistrate is necessary to the well-being or great advantage of them, though not to the being, of which more in due place.
§. 1. THat they be under the Government of a Christian Magistrate is necessary to the well-being or great advantage of them, though not to the being, of which more in due place.
§. 2. That they live as neighbour Churches in Unity of faith and love, and avoid all things contrary, and to their power help each other according to need and opportunity, is their duty.