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Irenicum, to the lovers of truth and peace heart-divisions opened in the causes and…
Irenicum, to the lovers of truth and peace heart-divisions opened in the causes and evils of them : with cautions that we may not be hurt by them, and endeavours to heal them / by Jeremiah Burroughs.Irenicum, to the lovers of truth and peace heart-divisions opened in the causes and evils of them : with cautions that we may not be hurt by them, and endeavours to heal them / by Jeremiah Burroughes.
London: printed for Robert Dawlman, 1653
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Let no man say, this was the judgement but of one Minister, ⟨p. 156⟩for at the beginning of this Parliament, my self, together with a reverend Brother, asked Master Henderson, two or three of the Ministers of Scotland being with him, Whether we might not take that Book as the judgement of the most godly and able of the Ministers of Scotland, for the matters of Church-discipline? They answered, we might.
Let no man say, this was the judgement but of one Minister, ⟨p. 156⟩for at the beginning of this Parliament, my selfe, together with a reverend Brother, asked Master Henderson, two or three of the Ministers of Scotland being with him, Whether we might not take that Book as the judgement of the most godly and able of the Ministers of Scotland, for the matters of Church-discipline? They answered, we might.
The second way of going beyond their limits, is their extending their power to more Congregations then Christ hath given them charge of. The chief Church-controversy at this day is about this extent; I shall only show you where the difference lies between one and the other in it. The Question is this, Whether one that is set by Christ to take charge of a particular Congregation, as a Pastor to feed them, by Word, Sacraments, and Rule, may keep the Pastoral charge he hath for Word and Sacraments to one Congregation, but his charge for Rule shall extend together with others to an hundred Congregations or more.
The second way of going beyond their limits, is their extending their power to more Congregations then Christ hath given them charge of. The chiefe Church-controversie at this day is about this extent; I shall onely shew you where the difference lyes betweene one and the other in it. The Question is this, Whether one that is set by Christ to take charge of a particular Congregation, as a Pastor to feed them, by Word, Sacraments, and Rule, may keep the Pastorall charge he hath for Word and Sacraments to one Congregation, but his charge for Rule shall extend together with others to an hundred Congregations or more.