A69533:476
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.
Sect. 1. FOR the making good this Assertion, 1. I shall prove that they groundlessly deny our Ministry and Churches; and 2. I shall show th• greatness of their sin.
Sect. 1. FOR the making good this Assertion, 1. I shall prove that they groundlesly deny our Ministry and Churches; and 2. I shall shew th• greatness of their sin.
In preparation to the first I must 1. Take some notice of the true Nature of the Ministerial function: and 2. Of the Nature and Reasons of Ordination.
Sect. 2. We are agreed (ore tenus at least) that the Power and Honour of the Ministry is for the Work, and the Work for ⟨p. 130⟩the Ends, which are the revelation of the Gospel, the application or conveyance of the benefits to men, the right worshipping of God, and right Governing of his Church, to the saving of our selves and our people, and the Glorifying and Pleasing God.
Sect. 2. We are agreed (ore tenus at least) that the Power and Honour of the Ministry is for the Work, and the Work for ⟨p. 130⟩the Ends, which are the revelation of the Gospel, the application or conveyance of the benefits to men, the right worshiping of God, and right Governing of his Church, to the saving of our selves and our people, and the Glorifying and Pleasing God.