A34674:500
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.
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.
2 Discretive, in discerning of the truth or falsehood that is determined; this belongs to every Believer.
2 Discretive, in discerning of the truth or falshood that is determined; this belongs to every Believer.
3 Coactive or judicial (for we omit to speak in this place of Official judgement) in judging of the truth determined Authoritatively, so as to impose it with Authority, and to censure the disobedient with Ecclesiastical censure,