A53704:715
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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. That it was agreed by all the Governors of the Christian Church, that the Jewish Christians should be left unto their own Liberty out of respect unto the Law of Moses, and out of regard unto the Peace of the Christian Church, which otherwise might have been extremely hazarded. But
1. That it was agreed by all the Governours of the Christian Church, that the Jewish Christians should be left unto their own Liberty out of respect unto the Law of Moses, and out of regard unto the Peace of the Christian Church, which otherwise might have been extremely hazarded. But
(1.) The Governors of the Christian Church which made the Determination insisted on, were the Apostles themselves.
(1.) The Governours of the Christian Church which made the Determination insisted on, were the Apostles themselves.
(2.) There was no such Determination made, that the Jews should be left unto their own Liberty in this Matter; but there was only a Connivance at their Inclination to bear their old Yoke for a Season, The Determination was only on the other hand, that no Imposition of it should be made on the Gentiles.
(2.) There was no such Determination made, that the Jews should be left unto their own Liberty in this Matter; but there was only a Connivance at their Inclination to bear their old Yoke for a Season, The Determination was onely on the other hand, that no Imposition of it should be made on the Gentiles.