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Subjection to Christ in all his ordinances and appointments the best means to preserve…
Subjection to Christ in all his ordinances and appointments the best means to preserve our liberty : together with a treatise of ineffectual hearing the word ... : with some remarkable passages of His life / by Thomas Shepard ...
London: printed by S.G. for John Rothwell, 1657
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M. Magistrates, We are to be subject to them, and why▪ 64 When Christs power is cast off in this respect, not being subject to them. 64 And objections about this answered. 66 Ministerial power what it is. 54 And if this be not submitted, Christ is cast off. 69 And when men despised it. 62
M. MAgistrates, We are to be subject to them, and why▪ 64 When Christs power is cast off in this respect, not being subject to them. 64 And objections about this answered. 66 Ministeriall power what it is. 54 And if this be not submitted, Christ is cast off. 69 And when men despised it. 62
O. Ordinances, When men add their own inventions to Gods Ordinances, they cast off Christs Government. 34 We must take heed off this; and why. 35 When men destroy Ordinances and deny them, they cast off Christs government. 35 To cast of ordinances, is a temptation of Satan. 36 When Christ is thrust out of ordinances, his government is cast off. 39 To pollute Ordinances what it is. 39 1. To contemn them. 39. 40 2. To use them with unbroken hearts. 40 3. To use them without faith. 41 4. By not looking to Christ in them. 41
O. ORdinances, When men adde their own inventions to Gods Ordinances, they cast off Christs Government. 34 We must take heed off this; and why. 35 When men destroy Ordinances and deny them, they cast off Christs government. 35 To cast of ordinances, is a temptation of Satan. 36 When Christ is thrust out of ordinances, his government is cast off. 39 To pollute Ordinances what it is. 39 1. To contemn them. 39. 40 2. To use them with unbroken hearts. 40 3. To use them without faith. 41 4. By not looking to Christ in them. 41
P. Power, see Government. Power of Christ in Government. 1. Absolute. 2. Derivative. 3. Ministerial. 30 1. Absolute and Kingly: & when men cast off this. 31 2. Derivative power which Christ gives to the Church, what this is, see 45, &c What power a private member of the Church hath. 41, &c. 3. There is a Ministerial Power. 54 What this Power is. 55, &c. Power of Christ in a Commonwealth, when its cast off. 63 See Magistrates. Of inferiors power, and when that is cast off. 68