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A trial of the new-church way in New-England and in old ... by that…A tryall of the nevv-church vvay in New-England and in old ... by that…
A trial of the new-church way in New-England and in old ... by that learned and godly minister of Christ, John Ball of Whitmore ; penned a little before his death and sent over to the New England ministers, anno 1637, as a reply to an answer of theirs in justification of the said positions ... ; now published ... by William Rathband and Simeon Ash.A tryall of the nevv-church vvay in New-England and in old ... by that learned and godly minister of Christ, John Ball of Whitmore ; penned a little before his death and sent over to the New England ministers, anno 1637, as a reply to an answer of theirs in justification of the said positions ... ; now published ... by William Rathband and Simeon Ash.
London: printed by T. Paine and M. Simmons for Thomas Underhill, 1644
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1 Consideration.
The Seals Baptism & the Lords Supper are given to the Church, as a privilege peculiar thereto in ordinary dispensation. Indeed the preaching of the word is not so, being an ordinance given not only for the edifying of the Church already gathered, but also for the gathering of men to the Churches that yet are without: whereas the dispensing of the Seals is Gods Ordinance, given only for the edifying of the Church being gathered, and not for the gathering of it: And because there is now, no universal visible Church on earth wherein the Seals are dispensed, there being no place, nor time, nor Officers, nor Ordinances appointed in the New Testament by Christ our Lord, for any such Assemblies as the Jews had under Moses.
THe Seals Baptism & the Lords Supper are given to the Church, as a priviledge peculiar therto in ordinary dispensation. Indeed the preaching of the word is not so, being an ordinance given not onely for the edifying of the Church already gathered, but also for the gathering of men to the Churches that yet are without: wheras the dispensing of the Seals is Gods Ordinance, given onely for the edifying of the Church being gathered, and not for the gathering of it: And because there is now, no universall visible Church on earth wherein the Seals are dispenced, there being no place, nor time, nor Officers, nor Ordinances appointed in the New Testament by Christ our Lord, for any such Assemblies as the Iewes had under Moses.
It remains that the Christian Churches, whereunto these privileges were given, are congregational, consisting only of so many as may and do meet together ordinarily in one place for the public worshipping of God, and their own edifying.