A86000:196
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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Moreover, the Christian Magistrate hath then only discharged his office in reference to Ecclesiastical Discipline, when not only he withdraweth nothing from it, and maketh no impedient to it, but also affordeth special furtherance and help to it, according to the Prophecy, Isaiah. 49. 23. And Kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and Queens thy nursing mothers.
Moreover, the Christian Magistrate hath then only discharged his office in reference to Ecclesiasticall Discipline, when not only he withdraweth nothing from it, and maketh no impedient to it, but also affordeth speciall furtherance and help to it, according to the Prophecy, Esai. 49. 23. And Kings shal be thy nursing fathers, and Queens thy nursing mothers.
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For Christian Magistrates and Princes embracing Christ, and sincerely giving their names to him, do not only serve him as men, but also use their office to his glory, and the good of the Church: they defend, stand for, and take care to propagate the true Faith and Godliness, they afford places of habitation to the Church, and furnish necessary helps and supports, turn away injuries done to it, restrain false Religion, and cherish, underprop, and defend the Rights and Liberties of the Church: so far they are from diminishing, changing or restraining those Rights, for so the condition of the Church were in that respect worse, and the Liberty thereof more cut short, under the Christian Magistrate, then under the infidel or heathen.