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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.
1. Because we have none of the Qualifications of such Elders mentioned, or how to be chosen.
1. Because we have none of the Qualifications of such Elders mention'd, or how to be chosen.
2. Because we read not particularly what their Work and Business is, or how distinct from preaching Elders; tho we see not but the Church may (if she sees meet) choose some able and discreet Brethren to be Helps in Government: 1We have the Qualifications of Bishops ⟨p. 16⟩and Deacons directly laid down,2 and how to be chosen, and their Work declared,3 but of no other Office or Officers in the Church, but these only.
Quest. May an Elder of one Church if called, warrantably administer all Ordinances to another?