A41330:671
The questions between the conformist and nonconformist, truly stated, and briefly discussed Dr. Falkner,…
The questions between the conformist and nonconformist, truly stated, and briefly discussed Dr. Falkner, The friendly debate &c., examined and answered : together with a discourse about separation, and some animadversions upon Dr. Stillingfleet's book entitled, The unreasonableness of separation : observations upon Dr. Templars sermon preached at a visitation in Cambridge : a brief vindication of Mr. Stephen Marshal.The questions between the conformist and nonconformist, truly stated, and briefly discussed Dr. Falkner, The friendly debate &c., examined and answered : together with a discourse about separation, and some animadversions upon Dr. Stillingfleet's book entituled, The unreasonableness of separation : observations upon Dr. Templers sermon preached at a visitation in Cambridge : a brief vindication of Mr. Stephen Marshal.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1681
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There is another Question of very great consequence, but for these times not so useful, therefore I will only state it, and give mens opinion about it, and leave it, though I had prepared something to speak to it.
Q. Whether every particular Congregation consisting of one teaching Elder, and a number of visible Christians, be a particular Church, according to the New Testament? or may not, yea, ought not several particular Congregations unite, to make up one particular Church?
By a Church I mean an Organical Church, invested with all the power and exercise of the Keys within it self, both quo ad actum primum & secundum; such were the eight Churches I mentioned before.
Learned and pious Ames, Med. Theol. l. 1. c. 39. tells us, That a Church in the New Testament is a Parochial Church; such a company or congregation as ordinarily meet in one place to worship God. (Sure I am that ordinarily there is but one teaching-Elder in such a Church.) And this Church hath as much power as the National Church of the Jews met together. Compare his 16 & 18 Theses; great use he makes of the words, [Greek or Hebrew],