Communion of churches, or, The divine management of gospel-churches

Name: Communion of churches, or, The divine management of gospel-churches
Author: 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 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.

John Eliot 1604–1690printed by Marmaduke Johnson, 1665

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Communion of Churches: OR, The divine Management of Gospel-Churches… › Chapter 6: Concerning the particular works of all the Orders of Councils: and first of the First O…

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CHAP. VI. Concerning the particular works of all the Orders of Councils: and first of the First Order.

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When a Council of the First Order is met at the stated time, and in the Place agreed on, and have completed themselves by choosing Moderator and Notaries, and have commended their work, their Churches, and all the Government, Civil and Ecclesiastical, &c. unto God in Prayer; then

WHen a Council of the First Order is met at the stated time, and in the Place agreed on, and have compleated themselves by chusing Moderator and Notáries, and have commended their work, their Churches, and all the Government, Civil and Ecclesiastical, &c. unto God in Prayer; then

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I. The Moderator, with the Co-attestation of his Associate Ruling Elder, doth first declare the present state of the Church where they do minister, and who have sent them, to act Communion of Councils with the sister-Churches here represented, in this Council.

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The present state of the Church he doth declare, in these five Points, in answering to these five Questions:

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CHAP. VI. Concerning the particular works of all the Orders of Councils: and first of the First Order.

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