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The glory of a true church, and its discipline displayed wherein a true gospel-church…The glory of a true church, and its discipline display'd wherein a true gospel-church…
The glory of a true church, and its discipline displayed wherein a true gospel-church is described : together with the power of the keys, and who are to be let in, and who to be shut out / by Benjamin Keach.The glory of a true church, and its discipline display'd wherein a true gospel-church is described : together with the power of the keys, and who are to be let in, and who to be shut out / by Benjamin Keach.
London : s.n., 1697
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Alas, in our days, some that would be thought to be great Professors stick not to vilify Christ's Ministers, even some of the best of Men; and are so full of Malice, they care not what wrong they do to their Brethren, nor to the truth it self, or interest of God, and so expose themselves to a lasting shame, and their Spirit,1 and Practice, to an abhorrance; they are like cursed Ham who discovered his Fathers nakedness;2 these persons violate all Laws, both Humane and Divine.
Alas, in our days, some that would be thought to be great Professers stick not to vilifie Christ's Ministers, even some of the best of Men; and are so full of Malice, they care not what wrong they do to their Brethren, nor to the truth it self, or interest of God, and so expose themselves to a lasting shame, and their Spirit,1 and Practice, to an abhorrance; they are like cursed Cham who discovered his Fathers nakedness;2 these persons violate all Laws, both Humane and Divine.
3ly. When they bear one another's Burdens,1