A39224:213
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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1. The Moderator, with the co attestation of the Ruling ⟨p. 32⟩Elder his Associate, is to declare unto them the present good estate of that Provincial Council which sent them, as also the state of all the first Councils, and particular Churches with them combined▪ Also he declareth such cases •s are transmitted by them unto this Council; and such Appeals as are made unto them, as part of the present• business of this Council. All these things to be delivered in writing distinctly, unto the Notaries, who read them all, and then record the present good estate of that Province, and all the Councils and Churches therein combined; as also the matters that are from them dilated unto the present Council.
1. The Moderator, with the co attestation of the Ruling ⟨p. 32⟩Elder his Associate, is to declare unto them the present good estate of that Provincial Council which sent them, as also the state of all the first Councils, and particular Churches with them combined▪ Also he declareth such cases •s are transmitted by them unto this Council; and such Appeals as are made unto them, as part of the present• business of this Council. All these things to be delivered in writing distinctly, unto the Notaries, who reade them all, and then record the present good estate of that Province, and all the Councils and Churches therein combined; as also the matters that are from them dilated unto the present Council.
2. The Moderator calleth all the rest of the Provincial Representatives in order, who are to make the like declaration •s the Moderator hath done, with the co-attestation of their Associate Ruling Elders. All their Papers are to be delivered to the Notaries, who are to read, and then record them distinctly, with the present Ecclesiastical state of all the Provinces in the Nation, whose Representatives do there appear, & make declaration thereof before the National Council.