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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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Quest. 4. May many Churches Elect a •ew of their Elders unto some public and common service▪ wherein all the Churches so Electing are interested?
Quest. 4. May many Churches Elect a •ew of their Elders unto some publick and common service▪ wherein all the Churches so Electing are interessed?
Answ. Yea, they may: For all the Churches of Asia, Galatia, Macedonia, &c. did Elect a few to accompany Paul in carrying their Contributions unto Jerusalem: and it is expressly said, that from the Churches of Asia there were but two sent▪ Acts 20. 4. and we know there were at least seven Churches in Asia, Rev. 1 •4.
Answ. Yea, they may: For all the Churches of Asia, Galatia, Macedonia, &c. did Elect a few to accompany Paul in carrying their Contributions unto Ierusalem: and it is expresly said, that from the Churches of Asia there were but two sent▪ Acts 20. 4. and we know there were at least seven Churches in Asia, Rev. 1 •4.