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The true nature of a Gospel church and its government
The true nature of a Gospel church and its government ... by the late pious and learned minister of the Gospel, John Owen ...
London: printed for William Marshall, 1689
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.
4. THIS joining of themselves, whereon depends all their interest in Church Powers and Privileges, all their obligation unto Church Duties, is a voluntary Act of the obedience of Faith, unto the Authority of Christ, nor can it be any thing else.
5. HEREIN do they give themselves unto the Lord, and to one another, by their Officers, in a peculiar manner, according to the Will of God, 2 Cor. 8.5.
6. TO give our selves unto the Lord, that is unto the Lord Jesus Christ, is expressly to engage to do and observe all that he hath appointed and commanded in the Church; as that Phrase every where signifieth in the Scripture, as also joining our selves unto God, which is the same.
6. TO give our selves unto the Lord, that is unto the Lord Jesus Christ, is expresly to engage to do and observe all that he hath appointed and commanded in the Church; as that Phrase every where signifieth in the Scripture, as also joining our selves unto God, which is the same.