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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
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AND afterwards speaking of Ordination, De Universae Fraternitatis Suffragio, by the Suffrage of the whole Brotherhood of the Church; he says, Diligenter de traditione Divina, & Apostolica observatione servandum est & tenendum apud nos quoque, ut fere per universas provincias tenetur: According to which Divine Tradition and Apostolical Practice, this custom is to be preserved and kept amongst us also, as it is almost through all the Provinces.
AND afterwards speaking of Ordination, De Vniversae Fraternitatis Suffragio, by the Suffrage of the whole Brotherhood of the Church; he says, Diligenter de traditione Divina, & Apostolica observatione servandum est & tenendum apud nos quoque, ut fere per universas provincias tenetur: According to which Divine Tradition and Apostolical Practice, this custom is to be preserved and kept amongst us also, as it is almost through all the Provinces.
THOSE who are not moved with his Authority, yet, I think have reason to believe him in a matter of Fact, of what was done every where, or almost every where, in his own days; and they may take Time to answer his Reasons when they can, which comprise the substance of all that we plead in this Case.
THOSE who are not moved with his Authority, yet, I think have reason to believe him in a matter of Fact, of what was done every where, or almost every where, in his own days; and they may take Time to answer his Reasons when they can, which comprize the substance of all that we plead in this Case.
BUT the Testimonies in following Ages given unto this Right and Power of the People in choosing their own Church-Officers, Bishops and others, recorded in the Decrees of Councils, the Writings of the learned Men in them, the Rescripts of Popes, and Constitutions of Emperors, are so fully and faithfully Collected by Blondellus in the Third Part of his Apology for the judgment of Hierom about Episcopacy, as that nothing can be added unto his diligence, nor is there any need of farther confirmation of the Truth in this behalf.