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The doctrine of the church to which is committed the keys of the kingdom…The doctrine of the church to which is committed the keys of the kingdome…
The doctrine of the church to which is committed the keys of the kingdom of heaven wherein is demonstrated by way of question and answer what a visible church is, according to the order of the Gospel, and what officers, members, worship, and government Christ hath ordained in the New Testament / by that Reverend and learned Divine Mr. Jo. Cotton ...The doctrine of the church to which is committed the keys of the kingdome of heaven wherein is demonstrated by way of question and answer what a visible church is, according to the order of the Gospel, and what officers, members, worship, and government Christ hath ordained in the New Testament / by that Reverend and learned Divine Mr. Jo. Cotton ...
London: printed for Ben. Allen, 1644
THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH, And its GOVERNMENT.THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHVRCH, And its GOVERNMENT.
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.
Ans. Before Prophecy it will be seasonable to sing a Psalma, and then by some of the Teachers of the Church to read the word, and therewith to preach it, by giving the sense, and applying the useb: In dispensing whereof they were wont to stand above all the people in a pulpit of wood, & the Elders on both sidesc, whilst the people hearkened to them with reverence & attentiond. Where there be more Prophets besides the Elders, they may prophecy two or threee, if the time permit, the Elders calling to them, whether of the same Church or others, if they have ⟨p. 7⟩any word of exhortation for the people to say onf, and for the better edifying of a mans self or others, it may be lawful for any young or old (save* only for women) to ask Questions at the mouth of the Prophetsg.
Ans. Before Prophecy it will be seasonable to sing a Psalma, and then by some of the Teachers of the Church to read the word, and therewith to preach it, by giving the sense, and applying the useb: In dispensing whereof they were wont to stand above all the people in a pulpit of wood, & the Elders on both sidesc, whilst the people hearkned to them with reverence & attention