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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
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.
Wherefore the Liberty and Duty proposed, being the Foundation of all orderly Evangelical Profession, and that wherein the Consciences of Believers are greatly concerned, I shall lay down one Proposition wherein 'tis asserted, in the sense I intend, and then fully confirm it.
Wherefore the Liberty and Duty proposed, being the Foundation of all orderly Evangelical Profession, and that wherein the Consciences of Believers are greatly concerned, I shall lay down one Proposition wherein 'tis asserted, in the sence I intend, and then fully confirm it.
The Proposition it self is this:
It is the duty of every one who professeth Faith in Christ Jesus, and takes due care of his own Eternal Salvation, voluntarily and by his own choice to join himself unto some particular Congregation of Christs Institution, for his own Spiritual Edification, and the right discharge of his Commands.
It is the duty of every one who professeth Faith in Christ Jesus, and takes due care of his own Eternal Salvation, voluntarily and by his own choice to joyn himself unto some particular Congregation of Christs Institution, for his own Spiritual Edification, and the right discharge of his Commands.