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The first principles of the oracles of God collected
The first principles of the oracles of God collected by Thomas Shepherd ...The first principles of the oracles of God collected by Thomas Shephard ...
London: printed for John Rothwel, 1655
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.
Q. Where are Believers, who have right unto this Sacrament, to seek fruition from it?
A. Because it ought not to be administered privately, (as the Papists would) hence Gods people are to seek to enjoy their right to it in some particular visible Church, in joining with them, as fellow-members of the same body, 1 Cor. 11. 20, 22. 1 Chron. 10. 17. Acts 2. 42.
A. Because it ought not to be administred privately, (as the Papists would) hence Gods people are to seek to enjoy their right to it in some particular visible Church, in joyning with them, as fellow-members of the same body, 1 Cor. 11. 20, 22. 1 Chron. 10. 17. Acts 2. 42.
Q What Members ought every particular visible Church to consist of?
A. Christ being head of every particular Church, and it his body, hence none are to be members of the Church, but such as are members of Christ by faith,