A42763:18
CXI propositions concerning the ministry and government of the ChurchCXI propositions concerning the ministerie and government of the Church
Edinburgh: printed by Evan Tyler, 1647
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The same Lord and our Saviour Jesus Christ, the only Head of the Church hath ordained in the New Testament, not only the Preaching of the Word and Administration of Baptism and the Lords Supper, but also Ecclesiastical Government, distinct and differing from the Civill Government, and it is his will that there be such a Government distinct from the Civill in all his Churches every where, as well those which live under Christian, as those under infidel Magistrates, even until the end of the World. Heb. 13. 7, 17. 1 Tim. 5. 17, 19. Rom. 12. 8. 1 Cor. 12. 28. 1 Thes. 5. 12. Acts 1. 20, 28. Luke 12. 42. 1 Tim. 6. 14. Apoc. 2. 25.
The same Lord and our Saviour Jesus Christ, the only Head of the Church hath ordained in the New Testament, not only the Preaching of the Word and Administration of Baptisme and the Lords Supper, but also Ecclesiasticall Government, distinct and differing from the Civill Government, and it is his will that there bee such a Government distinct from the Civill in all his Churches every where, as well those which live under Christian, as those under infidell Magistrates, even untill the end of the World.