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Christs eternal existence, and the dignity of his person asserted and proved in opposition…
Christs eternal existence, and the dignity of his person asserted and proved in opposition to the doctrine of the Socinians : in several sermons on Col. I, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 verses / by the Reverend Tho. Manton.
London printed : s.n., 1685
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2. He hath instituted Ordinances, for the continual exercise and regulation of our worship, and the Government of his people that they may be kept in the due acknowledgement and obedience to him: such as the preaching of the Word, Sacraments, and the exercise of some Government: now all the Rules and Statutes which Christ hath made for the ordering of his people must be kept pure until his coming: his institutions do best preserve his honour in the World: great charges are left, 1 Tim. 5.21. I charge thee before God and our Lord Jesus Christ and his Elect Angels that thou observe these things, ⟨p. 120⟩where he speaketh of Ecclesiastical Censures and Disciplines he conjureth him by all that is sacred and holy, that it be rightly used; 1 Tim. 6.14. Keep this commandment without spot and unrebuka•le unto the appearing of Jesus Christ. The Doctrines are so determined by Christ, that they cannot be changed, the Worship not corrupted, the Discipline not abused to serve partial Humours and private or worldly Interests.
2. He hath instituted Ordinances, for the continual exercise and regulation of our worship, and the Government of his people that they may be kept in the due acknowledgement and obedience to him: such as the preaching of the Word, Sacraments, and the exercise of some Government: now all the Rules and Statutes which Christ hath made for the ordering of his people must be kept pure until his coming: his institutions do best preserve his honour in the World: great charges are left, 1 Tim. 5.21. I charge thee before God and our Lord Iesus Christ and his Elect Angels that thou observe these things, ⟨p. 120⟩where he speaketh of Ecclesiastical Censures and Disciplines he conjureth him by all that is sacred and holy, that it be rightly used; 1 Tim. 6.14. Keep this commandment without spot and unrebuka•le unto the appearing of Iesus Christ. The Doctrines are so determined by Christ, that they cannot be changed, the Worship not corrupted, the Discipline not abused to serve partial Humors and private or worldly Interests.