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A guide to church-fellowship and order according to the gospel-institution
A guide to church-fellowship and order according to the gospel-institution wherein these following particulars are distinctly handled, I. The necessity of believers to join themselves in church-order, II. The subject matter of the church, III. The continuation of a church-state, and of the administration of evangelical ordinances of worship, briefly vindicated, IV. What sort of churches the disciples of Christ may and ought to join themselves unto as unto entire communion / by ... John Owen ...A guide to church-fellowship and order according to the gospel-institution wherein these following particulars are distinctly handled, I. The necessity of believers to joyn themselves in church-order, II. The subject matter of the church, III. The continuation of a church-state, and of the administration of evangelical ordinances of worship, briefly vindicated, IV. What sort of churches the disciples of Christ may and ought to joyn themselves unto as unto entire communion / by ... John Owen ...
London: printed for William Marshall, 1692
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(3.) That Holiness, Love, and Usefulness, be openly avowed as the Design and interest of the Church. But they are all so comprised in the General Head of Discipline, as that I shall not in particular insist upon them.
(3.) That Holiness, Love, and Usefulness, be openly avowed as the Design and interest of the Church. But they are all so comprized in the General Head of Discipline, as that I shall not in particular insist upon them.
From what hath been thus declared, it will appear on the other hand, what Church it is that a Disciple of Christ▪ who takes due care of his own Edification and ⟨p. 68⟩Salvation, ought in duty to join himself unto in complete Communion. To answer this Enquiry, is the end of all those Discourses and Controversies which have been about the Notes of the true Church. I shall briefly determine concerning it, according to the Principles before Evinced.
From what hath been thus declared, it will appear on the other hand, what Church it is that a Disciple of Christ▪ who takes due care of his own Edification and ⟨p. 68⟩Salvation, ought in duty to joyn himself unto in compleat Communion. To ans•er this Enquiry, is the end of all those Discourses and Controversies which have been about the Notes of the true Church. I shall briefly determine concerning it, according to the Principles before Evinc•d.