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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
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.
Objections against the urging of that Synod, Acts 15. as an example warranting our ordinary SYNODS.
Object. 1. Paul and Barnabas, and the ⟨p. 57⟩other Brethren sent by the Church of Antioch, were sent unto the Elders and Apostles, vers. 2. but we do not read that the Churches were sent unto, which in ordinary Synods order calls for.
Object. 1. Paul and Barnabas, and the ⟨p. 57⟩other Brethren sent by the Church of Antioch, were sent unto the Elders and Apostles, vers. 2. but we doe not read that the Churches were sent unto, which in ordinary Synods order calls for.
Resp. 1. Though it be not in so many words expressed that the Churches were sent unto, yet it cannot be denied but they might be sent unto implicitly, though not explicitly.
Resp. 1. Though it be not in so many words expressed that the Churches were sent unto, yet it cannot be denyed but they might be sent unto implicitely, though not explicitely.