A53671:379
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
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Fourthly, it is required that these things be testified by them unto the Church, with the acknowledgement of the work of Gods grace towards them, and their resolution through the power of the same grace to cleave unto the Lord Christ with full purpose of heart, and to live in all holy obedience unto him. They come to the Church, as Disciples of Christ professing that they have learnt the truth as it is in Jesus, which what it infers the Apostle teacheth at large; ⟨p. 219⟩Ephes. 4.20, 21, 22, 23, 24. See also Acts 11.23. Acts 8.21, 22, 23. And this by themselves to be testified unto the Church.
Fourthly, it is required that these things be testified by them unto the Church, with the acknowledgement of the worke of Gods grace towards them, and their resolution through the power of the same grace to cleave unto the Lord Christ with full purpose of heart, and to live in all holy obedience unto him. They come to the Church, as Disciples of Christ professing that they have learnt the truth as it is in Jesus, which what it infers the Apostle teacheth at large; ⟨p. 219⟩Ephes. 4.20, 21, 22, 23, 24. See also Acts 11.23. Acts 8.21, 22, 23. And this by themselves to be testified unto the Church.
First, that they may be received in love without dissimulation, as real partakers in the same faith, hope and salvation with themselves, as living members of the mystical body of Christ.