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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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III. The honour of the Service, and the glory of Christ that is upon the Messengers of the Churches, these are inseparable from the Work, and are as much as flesh and blood (we being in the flesh, and state militant) will be able ⟨p. 37⟩to weather, and keep from running •ground upon.
III. The honour of the Service, and the glory of Christ that is upon the Messengers of the Churches, these are i•separable from the Work, and are as much as flesh and blood (we being in the flesh, and state militant) will be able ⟨p. 37⟩to weather, and keep from running •ground upon.
But Revenue and Profit are separable from the Work, •d must be religiously and earnestly▪ kept off▪ It being a Wor• that will surely▪ corrupt• this blessed Work, and glorious Service of Jesur Christ.
But Revenue and Profit are separable from the Work, •d must be religiously and earnestly▪ kept off▪ It being a Wor• that will surely▪ corrupt• this blessed Work, and glorious Service of Iesur Christ.