A53671:301
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.
First, what is previously required thereunto; and that is,
First, that in all the members of the Church there ought to be love without dissimulation. They are to be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love, Rom. 12.9, 10. which as they are taught of God, so they are greatly exhorted thereunto; Heb. 13.1. This love is the bond of perfection the most excellent way and means of preserving Church order, and furthering the edification thereof. 1 Cor. 13. Without which, well seated, and confirmed in the hearts and minds of Church members, no duty of their Relation can ever be performed in a due manner.
First, that in all the members of the Church there ought to be love without dissimulation. They are to be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love, Rom. 12.9, 10. which as they are taught of God, so they are greatly exhorted thereunto; Heb. 13.1. This love is the bond of perfection the most excellent way and means of preserving Church order, and farthering the edification thereof. 1 Cor. 13. Without which, well seated, and confirmed in the hearts and minds of Church members, no duty of their Relation can ever be performed in a due manner.
Secondly, this love is to exert and put forth it self in tender care and watchfulness for the good of each other;