A34674:498
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.
Quest. 3. What is the Power of a Synod?
Quest. 3. WHat is the Power of a Synod?
Resp. The Power of a Synod Is Decisive Directive, & Declarative of the truth, by clearing and evidencing the same out of the word of God; non coactive, yet more than discretive.
For the better understanding hereof, consider that Ecclesiastical Power is
For the better understanding hereof, consider that Ecclesiasticall Power is
1 Decisive, in determining by way of discussion and disputation, what is truth, and so consequently resolving ⟨p. 64⟩the Question in weighty matters of Religion, Acts 15.16,28. & 16.4. This belongs to the Synod.