A34674:514
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.
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.