A53704:481
An enquiry into the original, nature, institution, power, order and communion of evangelical churches.…
An enquiry into the original, nature, institution, power, order and communion of evangelical churches. The first part with an answer to the discourse of the unreasonableness of separation written by Dr. Edward Stillingfleet, Dean of Pauls, and in defence of the vindication of non-conformists from the guilt of schism / by John Owen.An enquiry into the original, nature, institution, power, order and communion of evangelical churches. The first part with an answer to the discourse of the unreasonableness of separation written by Dr. Edward Stillingfleet, Dean of Pauls, and in defence of the vindication of non-conformists from the guilt of schisme / by John Owen.
London: printed by J. Richardson for Nath. Ponder, 1681
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4. Nor can any man be obliged to join himself with any Church, nor can it be his Duty so to do, where the Eternally fixed Rule and Measure of Religious Worship, namely, that it be of Divine Institution, is varied or ⟨p. 181⟩changed by any Additions unto it, or Substractions from it. For whereas one principal end of all Churches is the joint celebration of Divine Worship, if there be not a certain stable Rule thereof in any Church of Divine Prescription, no Man can be obliged unto Communion therewith.
4. Nor can any man be obliged to joyn himself with any Church, nor can it be his Duty so to do, where the Eternally fixed Rule and Measure of Religious Worship, namely, that it be of Divine Institution, is varied or ⟨p. 181⟩changed by any Additions unto it, or Substractions from it. For whereas one principal end of all Churches is the joint celebration of Divine Worship, if there be not a certain stable Rule thereof in any Church of Divine Prescription, no Man can be obliged unto Communion therewith.
5. Where the Fundamentals of Church Order, Practice and Discipline are destroyed, it is not Lawful for any man to join in Church Communion. These Fundamentals are of two sorts; (1.) Such as concern the Ministry of the Church; (2.) Such as concern the Church it self.
5. Where the Fundamentals of Church Order, Practice and Discipline are destroyed, it is not Lawful for any man to joyn in Church Communion. These Fundamentals are of two sorts; (1.) Such as concern the Ministry of the Church; (2.) Such as concern the Church it self.