A39224:78
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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Quest 2. May a Church elect by Messengers or Representatives, when themselves cannot be present where such Election is performed?
Answ. A• act of Election may be transacted by some of a Society; yea by a few in behalf of the rest, when they have their consent, and a calling so to act. For instance,
If a lesser Number of a Church be necessarily absent from an act of Election performed in a lawful Assembly, they are all involved in the act of the major part: This is without Controversy fo• Here some only Elect, and all are engaged.
If a lesser Number of a Church be necessarily absent from an act of Election performed in a lawful Assembly, they are all involved in the act of the major part: This is without Controversie fo• Here some onely Elect, and all are engaged.
Again, if the major part be necessarily absent, and fond a lesser part, or a •ew, with their express consent to do an act o Election, it hath the like force and validity. The royal Ar which chose David to be their King, Chron. 12. were far the lesser part of the People, but they were […], and elected for them, and did perform it as effectually