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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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12. When these Members of the National Council return unto the Provincial Councils, whose delegates they (immediately) are, they are to report unto them the state and affairs of all the Churches in the Nation, and in foreign Nations also And they are to report them to all the first Councils. and they unto all the Churches, as matters of prai•e, and prayer to God, and of encouragement to obedience unto government.
12. When these Members of the National Council return unto the Provincial Councils, whose delegates they (immediately) are, they are to report unto them the state and affaires of all the Churches in the Nation, and in forreign Nations also And they are to report them to all the first Councils. and they unto all the Churches, as matters of prai•e, and prayer to God, and of incouragement to obedience unto government.
And that this communication of Ecclesiastical affairs may be the more readily expedited:
And that this communication of Ecclesiastical affaires may be the more readily expedited:
1. All the first Councils, or some one of every Council, may meet that day seven night after the Provincial Councils meeting to hear the affairs of all the Province. And some of the Provincial Council may be there, to declare the affairs of all the Churches in the Province.
1. All the first Councils, or some one of every Council, may meet that day seven night after the Provincial Councils meeting to hear the affaires of all the Province. And some of the Provincial Council may be there, to declare the affaires of all the Churches in the Province.