A70969:20
The reasons presented by the Dissenting Brethren against certain propositions concerning presbyterial government and…The reasons presented by the Dissenting Brethren against certain propositions concerning presbyteriall government and…
The reasons presented by the Dissenting Brethren against certain propositions concerning presbyterial government and the proofs of them voted by the Assembly of Divines, sitting by authority of Parliament, at Westminster : together with the Answer of the Assembly of Divines to those reasons of dissent.The reasons presented by the Dissenting Brethren against certain propositions concerning presbyteriall government and the proofs of them voted by the Assembly of Divines, sitting by authority of Parliament, at Westminster : together with the Answer of the Assembly of Divines to those reasons of dissent.
London: printed by T.R. and E.M. for Humphrey Harward, 1648
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.
At the Sub-Committee of Agreements.
IN confidence that we shall jointly agree in one Confession of Faith, and in one Directory of the Public worship of God, with the help of a Preface, we come according to our order to points of Government, and therein do agree as followeth.
IN confidence that we shall jointly agree in one Confession of Faith, and in one Directory of the Publick worship of God, with the help of a Preface, we come according to our order to points of Government, and therein do agree as followeth.
1. That a particular congregation having such officers as the word of God holds out, both for preaching and governing, is a Church that hath power in all Ecclesiastical affairs, which do only concern it self.
1. That a particular congregation having such officers as the word of God holds out, both for preaching and governing, is a Church that hath power in all Ecclesiasticall affairs, which do only concern it selfe.