A34674:445
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.
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.
Argum: 3
But the orderly Assembly of the qualified people of God, for the considering of matters of Religion, in times of weighty controversies, are such Assemblies, the examples whereof are recorded, & commended in the Scriptures, erg. The orderly Assembly of qualified persons for the considering of matters of Religion, in times of weighty controversies, is warranted out of the Script:
1Ezra 7.14. Ezra inquires of the Lord (id est) consults of the worship of God. 1 Chron. 13.2. David consults with the Congregation concerning the carrying of the Ark to its place. 2 Chr. 30.2. Hezekiah had taken Counsel of all his Princes, and all the Congregation ⟨p. 54⟩on in Jerusalem, to keep the Passover in the second month. The approved examples of the godly, of imitable and useful nature in practical cases, is a rule unto us.
1Ezra 7.14. Ezra inquires of the Lord (id est) consults of the worship of God.