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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Rules of walking in fellowship, with reference to Pastor. › Rule 1 › Explication 1: EXPLICATION I.
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.
1. Christs institution of the office, Eph. 4. 11.
2. Gods designation of the person, Mat. 9. 38.
3. The Churches acceptation, election, submission, Gal. 4. 14. Acts 14. 23. 1 Thess. 5. 12, 13. which doth not give them dominion over the faith ⟨p. 5⟩of believers, 2 Cor. 1. 24. nor make them Lords over Gods heritage, 1 Pet. 5. 3. but entrusts them with a stewardly power in the house of God, 1 Cor. 4. 12. that is, the peculiar flock over which, in particular, they are made overseers: Acts 20. 28. of whom the Word is to be received,