A69533:1025
Five disputations of church-government and worship
Five disputations of church-government and worship by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1659
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.
§. 9. 3. Order is a thing lawful in Church Assemblies and Affairs: the sta•ed Presidency of one, is a stated Order in Church Assemblies: therefore it is lawful that all things be done in Order, is commanded, 1 Cor. 14.40. And therefore in general Order is a duty, which is more then to be Lawful. And though the particular ways of Order may yet be comparatively indifferent, yet are they Lawful, […] the Genus is necessary.
§. 9. 3. Order is a thing lawful in Church Assemblies and Affairs: the sta•ed Presidency of one, is a stated Order in Church Assemblies: therefore it is lawful that all things be done in Order, is commanded, 1 Cor. 14.40. And therefore in general Order is a duty, which is more then to be Lawful. And though the particular wayes of Order may yet be comparatively indifferent, yet are they Lawful, 〈…〉 the Genus is necessary.
§. 10. And that this Presidency is a point of Church Order, is apparent in the nature and use of the thing: and also in that it is commonly acknowledged a matter of Order in all other societies or Assemblies, though but for the low and common affairs of the world: in a Jury you will confess, that Order requireth that there be a Foreman: and in a College that there be a Master: and that an Hospital, a School, and all Societies, have so much Order at least as this, if not much more. And why is not that to be accounted Order in the Church, that is so in all other societies?
§. 10. And that this Presidency is a point of Church Order, is apparent in the nature and use of the thing: and also in that it is commonly acknowledged a matter of Order in all other societies or Assemblies, though but for the low and common affairs of the world: in a Jury you will confess, that Order requireth that there be a Foreman: and in a Colledge that there be a Master: and that an Hospital, a School, and all Societies, have so much Order at least as this, if not much more. And why is not that to be accounted Order in the Church, that is so in all other societies?