A39224:135
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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Touching the Duration of these Councils.
X. Every one of these Councils doth continue in being, until, according to Order, a new Election be made; the new Election doth antiquate the old.
Hence, as the Primitive Church had Apostles always in being, for their help; So there be at least three Orders of Ecclesiastical Councils, ever in being in every populous Christian Nation, who must at the stated Times, and may at any •it time meet, when the affairs of Christ, and of any of the Churches do need, and duly call for the same.
Hence, as the Primitive Church had Apostles alwayes in being, for their help; So there be at least three Orders of Ecclesiastical Councils, ever in being in every populous Christian Nation, who must at the stated Times, and may at any •it time meet, when the affairs of Christ, and of any of the Churches do need, and duely call for the same.
And when Christian Nations shall be thus combined, there will be an Ecumenical Council ever in being: yea, and when all the World shall be combined, there will be a great Ecumenical Council ever in being to order all ecclesiastical affairs, in unity, holiness and peace, all the World over.