The due right of presbyteries, or, A peaceable plea for the government of the…

Name: The due right of presbyteries, or, A peaceable plea for the government of the…
Author: Samuel Rutherford

The due right of presbyteries, or, A peaceable plea for the government of the Church of Scotland ... by Samuel Rutherfurd ...

Samuel Rutherford 1600?–1661London: printed by E. Griffin for Richard Whittaker and Andrew Crook, 1644

[24], 468 [i.e. 768] p. · 318k words · Wing R2378 · ESTC R12822

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[ Earlier:490–505 of 2,256

:490p. 84

Whether or not all are to he In-churched or entered Members of a visible Church by an explicit, and vocal or professed Covenant?

Whether or not all are to he In-churched or entered Members of a visible Church by an explicit, and vocall or prof•ssed Covenant?

:491p. 84

Our brethren's mind is first to be cleared. 2. The state of the question to be explained. 3. The truth to be confirmed. In the answers to the questions ^asent to New England they require of all persons come to age, before they be received members of the Church:

Our brethrens mind is first to be cleared. 2. The state of the question to be explained. 3. The truth to be confirmed. In the answers to the questions ^asent to New England they require of all persons come to age, before they be received members of the Church:

aQuest. 8.

:492p. 84¶1

1. A public vocal declaration of the manner and soundness of their conversion, and that either in continued speech (saith ^bthe Apology) or in answer to questions propounded by the Elders.

1. A publiqu• vocall declaration of the manner and soundnesse of their conversion, and that either in continued speech (saith

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