A39224:91
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. 5. When two, or a few Elders are chosen by many Churches unto some public and common service of the Churches, do they represent all the Churches who did Elect them unto that service?
Quest. 5. When two, or a few Elders are chosen by many Churches unto some publick and common service of the Churches, do they represent all the Churches who did Elect them unto that service?
Answ. Yea, they do so: For when many Churches (by Paul's ordering) sent a few Messengers to Corinth, 2 Cor. 8. 23. to fetch their Contribution, to be carried (among the Contribution of many other Churches) unto Jerusalem, by the hands of Paul, and a few others, chosen by the Churches unto that service, • Cor. 8. 19. these few Messengers did represent all the Churches who sent them: So as that what the Church of Corinth should transact afore them, is expressly said to be afore all the Churches, viz. who sent them, 2 Cor. 8. 24.
Answ. Yea, they do so: For when many Churches (by Paul's ordering) sent a few Messengers to Corinth, 2 Cor. 8. 23. to fetch their Contribution, to be carried (among the Contribution of many other Churches) unto Ierusalem, by the hands of Paul, and a few others, chosen by the Churches unto that service, • Cor. 8. 19. these few Messengers did represent all the Churches who sent them: So as that what the Church of Corinth should transact afore them, is expresly said to be afore all the Churches, viz. who sent them, 2 Cor. 8. 24.