A53671:370
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.
Qu. 49. What is the duty of the Elders of the Church, towards persons desiring to be admitted unto the fellowship of the Church?
An. (1) To discern and judge by the rule of truth applied in love, between sincere professors and hypocritical pretenders. (2) To instruct, direct, comfort, and encourage in the way, such as they judge to love the Lord Jesus in sincerity. (3) to propose and recommend them unto the whole ⟨p. 214⟩Church, with prayers and supplications to God for them. (4) To admit them being approved into the order and fellowship of the Gospel in the Church. Acts 8.20, 23. Tit. 1.10. Rev. 2.2. Jer. 15.19. Acts. 18.26. 1 Thess. 2.7, 8, 11. Acts. 9.29, 27. Rom. 14.1.
An. (1) To discern and judge by the rule of truth applied in love, betwéen sincere professors and hypocritical pretenders. (2) To instruct, direct, comfort, and encourage in the way, such as they judge to love the Lord Iesus in sincerity. (3) to propose and recommend them unto the whole ⟨p. 214⟩Church, with prayers and supplications to God for them. (4) To admit them being approved into the order and fellowship of the Gospel in the Church.