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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
Of dealing with Heretics and Blasphemers.Of dealing with Hereticks and Blasphemers.
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.
Quest. May a Church admit a Member of another Congregation to have Communion with them, without an orderly receiving him as a Member?
Answ. If the Person is well known by some of the Church, and ⟨p. 36⟩that he is an orderly Member of […] Church of the same Faith, he being occasionally cast among them▪ they may admit him to transie•• Communion for that time; but i• he abides in that Town or City remote to the Church to whom he belongs, he ought to have his regular dismission, and so be delivered up to the care and watch of the Church where he desires to communicate.
Answ. If the Person is well known by some of the Church, and ⟨p. 36⟩that he is an orderly Member of 〈…〉 Church of the same Faith, he being occasionally cast among them▪ they may admit him to transie•• Communion for that time; but i• he abides in that Town or City remote to the Church to whom he belongs, he ought to have his regular dismission, and so be delivered up to the care and watch of the Church where he desires to communicate.
Quest. If an Excommunicated Person hath obtained of God true Repentance, and desires to be restored to the Church, what is the manner of his Reception?1