The doctrine of instituted churches explained and proved from the word of God

2dly, From Gods appointing the Nation of the Jews to be one Church, Act. 7.38. And God has not appointed any new forms of Churches in the times of the New Testament; there are no other kinds of Churches appointed now; Congregational Churches are no new kind of Churches, but according to the Old Institution; for every Synagogue of the Jews was a Congregational Church, they had Ecclesiastical Rule and Government in them; they are called Churches by Christ, Matth. 18.17. That the Old Testament Institution doth continue still, appears partly because the Christian Churches of the Jews were subordinate to the National Church of the Jews; they were Members of the National Church, and did attend Jewish Ordinances; and therefore by Institution, Christian ⟨p. 26⟩Congregations are not absolute, but Subordinate to a National Church; it is further evident, because the Jewish National Church did not cease as their Ceremonies did, because their Date was out, but because they rejected Christ, Rom. 11.20. Had they kept Gods Covenant, they would have continued a National Church to this Day.

2dly, From Gods appointing the Nation of the Jews to be one Church, Act. 7.38. And God has not appointed any new forms of Churches in the times of the New Testament; there are no other kinds of Churches appointed now; Congregational Churches are no new kind of Churches, but according to the Old Institution; for ev•y Synagogue of the Jews was a Congregational Church, they had Ecclesiastical Rule and Government in them; they are called Churches by Christ, Matth. 18.17. That the Old Testament Institution doth continue still, appears partly because the Christian Churches of the Jews were subordinate to the National Church of the Jews; they were Members of the National Church, and did attend Jewish Ordinances; and th•fore by Institution, Christian