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A conference Mr. John Cotton held at Boston with the elders of New-England 1.…
A conference Mr. John Cotton held at Boston with the elders of New-England 1. concerning gracious conditions in the soul before faith, 2. evidencing justification by sanctification, 3. touching the active power of faith : twelve reasons against stinted forms of prayer and praise : together with the difference between the Christian and antichristian church / written by Francis Cornwall ...A conference Mr. John Cotton held at Boston with the elders of New-England 1. concerning gracious conditions in the soule before faith, 2. evidencing justification by sanctification, 3. touching the active power of faith : twelve reasons against stinted forms of prayer and praise : together with the difference between the Christian and antichristian church / written by Francis Cornwell ...
London: printed by J. Dawson, 1646
A DESCRIPTION Of the Spiritual TEMPLE.A DESCRIPTION Of the Spirituall TEMPLE.
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 first sort are those that build their house upon the person of Peter, and so successively upon the P•pe. These the Spirit of God discovereth to be foolish builders▪ because there is no salvation in Peter, nor Pope: the Apostle Peter himself being the Judge to decide the controversy, Acts 4. 11. Peter speaking of Jesus the Christ, saith, This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders▪ which is become the head of the corner. Ver. 12. Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under heaven given amongst men, whereby we must be saved.
The first sort are those that build their house upon the person of Peter, and so successively upon the P•pe. These the Spirit of God discovereth to be foolish builders▪ because there is no salvation in Peter, nor Pope: the Apostle Peter himselfe being the Judge to decide the controversie, Acts 4. 11. Peter speaking of Jesus the Christ, saith, This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders▪ which is become the head of the corner. Ver. 12. Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under heaven given amongst men, whereby wee must be saved.
The second sort are those that build their house upon the Office of Peter, and so successively on the Officers: So that if the Officers united into a body in Council err, the whole Church that receiveth their faith, from their Edicts and Decrees, err also. Now, that Councils may err, and have erred, in things appertaining to God, ⟨p. 26⟩