A53689:8
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.
An advertisement to the Reader.
THERE are (Christian Reader) certain principles in Church affairs, generally consented unto by all men, aiming at reformation; however diversified among themselves by singular persuasions, or distinguished by imposed ⟨image 3⟩and assumed names and Titles; Some of these, though not here mentioned, are the bottom and foundation of this following collection of rules for our walking in the fellowship of the Gospel: amongst which, these four are the principal:
THERE are (Christian Reader) certaine principles in Church affairs, generally consented unto by all men, aiming at reformation; however diversified among themselves by singular perswasions, or distinguished by imposed ⟨image 3⟩and assumed names and Titles; Some of these, though not here mentioned, are the bottome and foundation of this following collection of rules for our walking in the fellowship of the Gospel: amongst which, these foure are the principall:
First, That particular Congregations or Assemblies of believers, gathered into one body, for a participation of the ordinances of Jesus Christ, under officers of their own, are of Divine institution.