A53689:13
Eshcol: a cluster of the fruit of Canaan
Eshcol: a cluster of the fruit of Canaan; brought to the borders, for the encouragement of the saints, travelling thither-ward, with their faces towards Zion. Or, Rules of direction, for the walking of the saints in fellowship, according to the order of the Gospel. Collected and explained for the use of the Church at Coggeshall, by John Owen their pastor.Eshcol: a cluster of the fruit of Canaan; brought to the borders, for the encouragement of the saints, travelling thither-ward, with their faces towards Syon. Or, Rules of direction, for the walking of the saints in fellowship, according to the order of the Gospel. Collected and explained for the use of the Church at Coggeshall, by John Owen their pastor.
London: printed for Philemon Stephens, 1648
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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.
Thirdly, That every man's own voluntary consent, and submission▪ to the ordinances of Christ in that Church whereunto he is joined, is required for his union therewith, and fellowship therein.
Thirdly, That every man's own voluntary consent, and submission▪ to the ordinances of Christ in that Church whereunto he is joyned, is required for his union therewith, and fellowship therein.
Fourthly, That all believers of one place, are bound to join themselves in one Congregation, unless ⟨image 4⟩through their being too numerous, they are by common consent distinguished into more: which order cannot be disturbed without the guilt of Schism.
Fourthly, That all believers of one place, are bound to joyn themselves in one Congregation, unlesse ⟨image 4⟩through their being too numerous, they are by common consent distinguished into more: which order cannot be disturbed without the guilt of Schisme.
These principles, evident in the Scripture, clear in themselves, and owned in the main by all pretending to regular Church-reformation, were supposed and taken for granted, at the collection of these ensuing rules.
These principles, evident in the Scripture, cleer in themselves, and own'd in the main by all pretending to regular Church-reformation, were supposed and taken for granted, at the collection of these ensuing rules.