A42763:94
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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First of all therefore they are differenced the one from the other, in respect of the very foundation and the institution: For the political or civill power is grounded upon the Law of nature it self, and for that cause it is common to Infidels with Christians: The power Ecclesiastical dependeth ⟨p. 20⟩immediately upon the positive Law of Christ alone, that beer longeth to the Universal Dominion of God the Creator over all Nations; but this unto the special and Economical King dome of Christ the Mediator, which he exerciseth in the Church alone, and which is not of this World.
First of all therefore they are differenced the one from the other, in respect of the very foundation and the institution: For the politicall or civill power is grounded upon the Law of nature it selfe, and for that cause it is common to Infidels with Christians: The power Ecclesiasticall dependeth ⟨p. 20⟩immediatly upon the positive Law of Christ alone, that beer longeth to the Universall Dominion of God the Creator oveall Nations; but this unto the speciall and Oeconomicall King dome of Christ the Mediator, which hee exerciseth in the Church alone, and which is not of this World.