A34674:334
The Covenant of Grace
The covenant of grace discovering the great work of a sinners reconciliation to God / by John Cotton ... ; whereunto are added Certain queries tending to accommodation [sic] between the Presbyterian and Congregational churches ; also a discussion of the civill magistrates power in matters of religion ; by the same author.The covenant of grace discovering the great work of a sinners reconciliation to God / by John Cotton ... ; whereunto are added Certain queries tending to accommodadation [sic] between the Presbyterian and Congregationall churches ; also a discussion of the civill magistrates power in matters of religion ; by the same author.
London: printed by M.S. for Francis Eglesfield and John Allen, 1655
Title page typeset from the transcription.
The Result of the Disputations of the Synod, or Assembly, at Cambri… › Part › Question 1
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.
Touching the Question of the Civill Magistrate in matters of Religion, we shall crave leave to narrow and limit the state of it in the manner of the Proposal of it, and shall therefore propound it thus.
TOuching the Question of the Civill Magistrate in matters of Religion, we shall crave leave to narrow and limit the state of it in the manner of the Proposall of it, and shall therefore propound it thus.
Quest. Whether the Civil Magistrate in matters of Religion, or of the first ⟨p. 2⟩Table, hath power civilly to command or forbid things respecting the outward man, which are clearly commanded and forbidden in the word, and to inflict suitable punishments, according to the nature of the transgressions against the same, and all this with reference to godly peace?
Quest. Whether the Civil Magistrate in matters of Religion, or of the first ⟨p. 2⟩Table, hath power civilly to command or forbid things respecting the outward man, which are clearly commanded and forbidden in the word, and to inflict sutable punishments, according to the nature of the transgressions against the same, and all this with reference to godly peace?
Answ. The want of a right stating of this Question, touching the Civil Magistrates power in matters of Religion, hath occasioned a world of Errors, tending to infringe the just power of the Magistrate, we shall therefore explain the terms of the Question, and then confirm it in the Affirmative.