A86000:96
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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First of all therefore they are differenced the one from the other in respect of the very foundation and the institution: For the political or civill Power is grounded upon the Law of Nature it self, and for that cause it is common to Infidels with Christians: the Power ecclesiastical dependeth ⟨p. 20⟩immediately upon the positive Law of Christ alone, that belongeth to the Universal Dominion of God the creator over all Nations; but this unto the special and Occonomicall Kingdom of Christ the Mediator, which he exerciseth in the church alone, and which is not of this World.
First of all therefore they are differenced the one from the other in respect of the very foundation and the institution: For the politicall or civill Power is grounded upon the Law of Nature it selfe, and for that cause it is common to Infidels with Christians: the Power ecclesiasticall dependeth ⟨p. 20⟩immediatly upon the positive Law of Christ alone, that belongeth to the Universall Dominion of God the creator over all Nations; but this unto the speciall and Occonomicall Kingdom of Christ the Mediator, which he exerciseth in the church alone, and which is not of this World.