A86000:129
A form for Church government and ordination of ministers, contained in CXI propositions, propounded…
A form for Church government and ordination of ministers, contained in CXI propositions, propounded to the late General Assembly at Edinburgh, 1647. Together with an Act concerning Erastianism, independency, and liberty of conscience. Published by authority.A form for Church government and ordination of ministers, contained in CXI propositions, propounded to the late Generall Assembly at Edinburgh, 1647. Together with an Act concerning Erastianisme, independencie, and liberty of conscience. Published by authority.
London: printed for Robert Bostock, 1647
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Now we have one only Lord which governs our souls, neither is it competent to man, but to God alone to have power and authority over consciences. But the Lord hath appointed his own Stewards over his own Family, that according to his commandment they may give to every one their allowance or portion, and to dispense his mysteries faithfully; and to them he hath delivered the keys, or power of letting in into his house, or excluding out of his house those whom he himself will have let in or shut out. Matth. 16. 19. and 18. 18. Luk. 12. 42. 1 Cor. 4. 1. Tit. 1. 7.
Now we have one onely Lord which governes our souls, neither is it competent to man, but to God alone to have power and authority over consciences. But the Lord hath appointed his owne Stewards over his owne Family, that according to his commandment they may give to every one their allowance or portion, and to dispense his mysteries faithfully; and to them hee hath delivered the keyes, or power of letting in into his house, or excluding out of his house those whom he himself will have let in or shut out. Matth. 16. 19