A34674:468
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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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.
Reason 5 From the Nature of Church-matters.
If the weighty Transactions of each particular Church are such (and so concerning particular Neighbouring Churches) as that it is meet that all Neighbouring Churches should be acquainted and consulted with thereabout, and Synods be the fittest means for that end; then Synods be of warrantable use:
But the weighty Transactions of all particular Churches are such (and so concerning all particular Neighbouring Churches) as that it is meet that all neighbouring Churches be acquainted and consulted with thereabout; and Synods be the fittest means to that end, ergo, Synods are of warrantable use.
Quod tangit omnes, spectat ad omnes. The Cognizance of that belongs to all, whose practice concerns all.