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The way of Congregational churches cleared in two treatises. In the former, from the…
The way of Congregational churches cleared in two treatises. In the former, from the historical aspersions of Mr. Robert Baylie, in his book, called, A dissuasive from the errors of the time. In the latter, from some contradictions of Vindicæ Clavium : and from, some mis-constructions of learned Mr. Rutherford in his book entitled The due right of presbyteries. / By Mr. John Cotton, sometime preacher at Boston in Lincoln-shire, and now teacher of the Church at Boston, in New-England.The way of Congregational churches cleared in two treatises. In the former, from the historical aspersions of Mr. Robert Baylie, in his book, called, A disswasive from the errors of the time. In the latter, from some contradictions of Vindicæ Clavium : and from, some mis-constructions of learned Mr. Rutherford in his book intituled The due right of presbyteries. / By Mr. John Cotton, sometime preacher at Boston in Lincoln-shire, and now teacher of the Church at Boston, in New-England.
London: printed by Matthew Simmons for John Bellamie, 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.
§ CHAP. I. Of the CHURCH, to which Christ committed the Power of the Keys.
§ CHAP. I. Of the CHURCH, to which Christ committed the Power of the Keyes.
Section I.
Vindex doth here first enquire what I mean by this Church: •hereof, though he might fully have informed himself from the fifth point of the first Chapter of the Keys (which himself had in hand:) yet in hope of some advantage, He chose rather to fetch it from another Tract of mine, touching our Church-Way: Which though he say, it went up and down in the dark; yet its dark walking was no intent of mine, but that it should find either timely impression, or (by advice of friends) utter suppression. Now in that Tract I said, The Church to which the Lord Jesus committed the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, (Mat. 16.19.) is Coetus Fidelium, commonly called a particular visible Church, meeting together with common and joint consent into one Congregation, for public worship, and mutual edification.
VIndex doth here first enquire what I mean by this Church: •hereof, though he might fully have informed himself from the fifth point of the first Chapter of the Keys (which himself had in hand:) yet in hope of some advantage, He chose rather to fetch it from another Tract of mine, touching our Church-Way: Which though he say, it went up and down in the dark; yet its dark walking was no intent of mine, but that it should find either timely impression, or (by advice of friends) utter suppression. Now in that Tract I said, The Church to which the Lord Jesus committed the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, (