A53671:242
A brief instruction in the worship of God, and discipline of the churches of…
A brief instruction in the worship of God, and discipline of the churches of the New Testament, by way of question and answer with an explication and confirmation of those answers.
London : s.n., 1667
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.
But whereas it is our duty in all things to have regard to the authority of Christ and his appointments in the Gospel, if we claim the privilege of being called after his name, some think that if what he hath appointed may be colourably performed another way without respect unto his institutions, that is far the best. But omitting the practice of other Men, the things that concern this Office in the Church, are as was said, clear in the Scripture.
But whereas it is our duty in all things to have regard to the authority of Christ and his appointments in the Gospel, if we claim the priviledge of being called after his name, some think that if what he hath appointed may be colourably performed another way without respect unto his institutions, that is far the best. But omitting the practice of other Men, the things that concern this Office in the Church, are as was said, clear in the Scripture.
First, The persons called unto it are to be of honest report, furnished with the gifts of the Holy-Ghost, especially with wisdom, Acts 6.3. And those other endowments useful in the discharge of their duty mentioned, 1 Tim. 3.8.
First, The persons called unto it are to be of honest report, furnished with the gifts of the Holy-Ghost, especially with wisdom, Acts 6.3. And those other endowments usefull in the discharge of their duty mentioned, 1 Tim. 3.8.