A34674:513
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.
Arguments, proving the Authoritative Power of Calling SYNODS, to belong to the Magistrate.
1 Because the Magistrate is Custos utriusque Tabulae, i. e. Charged with the custody of both Tables; That he is keeper of the second Table is granted, that he is keeper of the former, is sufficiently proved in the first Question.
2 From the recorded and approved examples of godly Kings in the Scriptures: David, 1 Chron. 23.2. Hezekiah, 2 Chron. 29.4. Josiah, 2 Kin. 23.1,2.
3 From the nature of such great Assemblies: Though Synodical Assembling be spiritual, yet mere assembling of a multitude together (which a Synodical Assembly presupposeth) is a Civil act, and therefore cannot in good policy be suffered without the consent of the Magistrate.
3 From the nature of such great Assemblies: Though Synodicall Assembling be spirituall, yet meer assembling of a multitude together (which a Synodicall Assembly presupposeth) is a Civil act, and therefore cannot in good policy be suffered without the consent of the Magistrate.