A86000:73
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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Wherefore 'tis not lawful to particular Churches, or (as commonly they are called) Parochial, either to decline the authority of Classes or Synods, where they are lawfully settled, or may be had (much less to withdraw themselves from that authority, if they have once acknowledged it) or to refuse such lawful Ordinances or Decrees of the Classes or Synods, as being agreeable to the Word of God, are with authority imposed upon them. Acts 15. 2, 6, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29. and 16. 4.
Wherefore 'tis not lawfull to particular Churches, or (as commonly they are called) Parochiall, either to decline the authority of Classes or Synods, where they are lawfully setled, or may be had (much lesse to withdraw themselves from that authority, if they have once acknowledged it) or to refuse such lawfull Ordinances or Decrees of the Classes or Synodes, as being agreeable to the Word of God, are with authority imposed upon them. Acts 15. 2, 6, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29. and 16. 4.