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Dr. John Owen's two short catechisms wherein the principles of the doctrine of Christ…Dr. John Owen's two short catechisms wherein the principles of the doctine of Christ…
Dr. John Owen's two short catechisms wherein the principles of the doctrine of Christ are unfolded and explained : proper for all persons to learn before they be admitted to the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, and composed by him for the use of all congregations in general.Dr. John Owen's two short catechisms wherein the principles of the doctine of Christ are unfolded and explained : proper for all persons to learn before they be admitted to the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, and composed by him for the use of all congregations in general.
London : Printed for, and sold by Will. Marshal ..., 1700
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.
A. First (a) Pastors or Doctors 3to teach and exhort; secondly, (b) Elders to assist in Rule and Government, thirdly, (c) Deacons to provide for the poor, (4) Rom. 12. 7, 8. Ephes. 4. 10. 1 Cor. 12. 28. (b) Rom. 12. 8. 1 Tim. 5. 17. (c) Act. 6. 2, 3.
- 3Ministers are the Bishops of the Lord; Lord-bishops came from Rome.
Q. 3. What is required of these Officers, especially the chiefest, or Ministers?
A. (a) That they be faithful in the Ministry committed unto them, (b) sedulous in dispensing the Word, (c) watching for the good of the Souls committed to them, (d) going before them in an Example of all godliness and holiness of Life. (a) 1 Cor. 4. 2. Act. 20. 18, 19, 20. (b) 2 Tim. 2. 15