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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.
27. Qu. How doth Christ exercise his Kingly government (or power) in the Church?
Ans. By calling the Church into holy fellowship with himself, and one with anothera, by ordaining Officers and Governors in his Church, with their callings and giftsb, by giving Laws and Ordinances to his Church, for the whole Government of itc, by putting life and power, even the power of his Spirit, into all his Ordinances, for the edifying of his body unto perfectiond, and finally by subduing our enemies, and perfecting our selves in his peace to his heavenly kingdome.
Ans. By calling the Church into holy fellowship with himselfe, and one with anothera, by ordaining Officers and Governours in his Church, with their callings and giftsb, by giving Lawes and Ordinances to his Church, for the whole Government of itc, by putting life and power, even the power of his Spirit, into all his Ordinances, for the edifying of his body unto perfectiond, and finally by subduing our enemies, and perfecting our selves in his peace to his heavenly kingdome