A39224:122
Communion of churches, or, The divine management of gospel-churches
Communion of churches, or, The divine management of gospel-churches by the ordinance of councils constituted in order according to the Scriptures as also the way of bringing all Christian parishes to be particular Reforming Congregational Churches, humbly proposed as ... a means of uniting those two holy and eminent parties the Presbyterians and the Congregationals ... / written by John Eliot.Communion of churches, or, The divine management of gospel-churches by the ordinance of councils constituted in order according to the Scriptures as also the way of bringing all Christian parishes to be particular Reforming Congregationall Churches, humbly proposed as ... a means of uniting those two holy and eminent parties the Presbyterians and the Congregationals ... / written by John Eliot.
printed by Marmaduke Johnson, 1665
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II. This act of the Churches Election must be diligently, religiou•y and sol•nly attended and performed, a• being […] and essentially requisite, both for the Constitution of all Councils, and for the Obligation of all Churches unto obedience▪
II. This act of the Churches Election must be diligently, religiou•y and sol•nly attended and performed, a• being 〈…〉 and esse•tially requisite, both for the Constitution of all Councils, and for the Obligation of all Churches unto obedience▪
This act of the Church hath reference▪ not only to the Constitution of the first Council, but also of all the rest. For […] ▪ Churches are the Efficient Causes of Council• ▪ none are to be chosen […] a Provincial, National, or Ecumenical Synod, but such as were first chosen by some particular […] to […] a first […] ▪ and •o […] on the […] of […] […] to order.
This act of the Church hath reference▪ not onely to the Constitution of the first Council, but also of all the rest. For 〈…〉 ▪ Churches are the Efficient Causes of Council none are to be chosen a Prouincial, National, or Oecumenical Synod, but such as were first chosen by some particular to a first and o on the of to order.