A80640:616
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
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Answ. 2. Yet two things there be in the words of the Text, which do infer, that some part of the Power of the Keys is given to a Church of Believers without their officers.
Answ. 2. Yet two things there be in the words of the Text, which do infer, that some part of the Power of the Keyes is given to a Church of Believers without their officers.
The first may be collected thus; If the Keys be the power of edifying the Church, and the Church be edified of Believers by the Public profession of their Faith, Then Believers publicly professing the Faith, have some part of the power of the Keys given to them.
The first may be collected thus; If the Key•s be the power of edifying the Church, and the C•urch be edified of Believers by the Publike profession of their Faith, Then Believers publikely professing the Faith, have some part of the power of the Keyes given to them.
But the Keys are the power of edifying the Church, and the Church is edified of Believers, by the Public Profession of their Faith.
But the Keyes are the power of edifying the Church, and the Church is edified of Believers, by the Publike Profession of their Faith.