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Five disputations of church-government and worship

Name: Five disputations of church-government and worship
Author: Richard Baxter

Five disputations of church-government and worship by Richard Baxter.

Richard Baxter 1615–1691London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1659

[10], 38, [10], 24, 492 p. · 215k words · Wing B1267 · ESTC R13446

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Qu. Whether Humane Ceremonies be Necessary or Profitable to the Chu… › Chapter 9: Prop. 9. There is no mere Humane Universal Sovereign, Civil or Ecclesiastical, over the…Qu. Whether Humane Ceremonies be Necessary or Profitable to the Chu… › Chapter 9: Prop. 9. There is no meer Humane Vniversal Soveraign, Civil or Ecclesiastical, over the…

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CHAP. IX. Prop. 9. There is no mere Humane Universal Sovereign, Civil or Ecclesiastical, over the whole Church, and therefore none to make Laws Obligatory to the whole.

CHAP. IX. Prop. 9. There is no meer Humane Vniversal Soveraign, Civil or Ecclesiastical, over the whole Church, and therefore none to make Laws Obligatory to the whole.

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§. 1. I ADD this, because of the specious pretences of some, that say we are bound to an uniformity in Ceremonies by the Church: and call all Schismatics, and such as separate from the Catholic Church, that disown and disuse such Ceremonies as on these pretences they obtrude. And by the Church that thus obligeth us, they mean, either some Universal Sovereign Power: or else an universal Consent of the Church essential (as they call it.) And that Sovereign must be the Pope or a General Council.

§. 1. I ADD this, because of the specious pretences of some, that say we are bound to an uniformity in Ceremonies by the Church: and call all Schismaticks, and such as separate from the Catholick Church, that disown and disuse such Ceremonies as on these pretences they obtrude. And by the Church that thus obligeth us, they mean, either some Universal Soveraign Power: or else an universal Consent of the Church essential (as they call it.) And that Soveraign must be the Pope or a General Council.

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§. 2. If it be Universal Consent of all Believers, that they suppose to be the obliging power, I shall answer them, 1. That Believers are not Governors and Law-givers to the Universal Church, no nor to a particular Church. If that point of the Separatists be so odious that asserteth the multitude of Believers to be the Governors of a particular Church, and to have the power of the Keys: what then shall we think of them that give them, (even to such as they call the Laity themselves)

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Five disputations of church-government and worship

CHAP. IX. Prop. 9. There is no mere Humane Universal Sovereign, Civil or Ecclesiastical, over the whole Church, and therefore none to make Laws Obligatory to the whole.

CHAP. IX. Prop. 9. There is no meer Humane Vniversal Soveraign, Civil or Ecclesiastical, over the whole Church, and therefore none to make Laws Obligatory to the whole.

CHAP. X. Prop. 10. If it be not our Lawful Governors that command us, but usurpers, we are not formally bound to obey them, though the things be lawful which they command.

CHAP. X. Prop. 10. If it be not our Lawfull Governours that command us, but usurpers, we are not formally bound to obey them, though the things be lawfull which they command.

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CHAP. IX. Prop. 9. There is no mere Humane Universal Sovereign, Civil or Ecclesiastical, over the whole Church, and therefore none to make Laws Obligatory to the whole.

CHAP. IX. Prop. 9. There is no meer Humane Vniversal Soveraign, Civil or Ecclesiastical, over the whole Church, and therefore none to make Laws Obligatory to the whole.

CHAP. X. Prop. 10. If it be not our Lawful Governors that command us, but usurpers, we are not formally bound to obey them, though the things be lawful which they command.

CHAP. X. Prop. 10. If it be not our Lawfull Governours that command us, but usurpers, we are not formally bound to obey them, though the things be lawfull which they command.