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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
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4 It was a stated doctrine in the time of Job (who by the most judicious is thought to live before Moses) and it is attested and approved by the Holy Ghost, that sins against the first Table, as Idolatry, was iniquity to be punished by the Judges, Job 31.26,27,28. as well as sins against the second Table, ⟨p. 25⟩as Adultery, ibid. vers. 9. and 11.
Object. Those Rulers of old did thus as Members of the National Church of the Jews, the same persons being Members of Church and Common-wealth; but it is not always so now.
Object. Those Rulers of old did thus as Members of the Nationall Church of the Jewes, the same persons being Members of Church and Common-wealth; but it is not alwayes so now.
Answ. 1 Then at least where Magistrates are Members of Churches, they may in these days exercise such power.
Answ. 1 Then at least where Magistrates are Members of Churches, they may in these dayes exercise such power.