A86140:22
Heads of agreement assented to
Heads of agreement assented to by the united ministers in and about London, formerly called Presbyterian and Congregational
Edinburgh: printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, 1691
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
6. That each particular Church hath Right to choose their own Officers; and being furnished with such as are duly qualified and ordained according to the Gospel-Rule, hath Authority from Christ for exercising Government, and of enjoying all the Ordinances of Worship within it self.
6. That each particular Church hath Right to chuse their own Officers; and being furnished with such as are duly qualified and ordained according to the Gospel-Rule, hath Authority from Christ for exercising Government, and of enjoying all the Ordinances of Worship within it self.
7. In the Administration of Church Power, it belongs to the Pastors and other Elders of every particular Church (if such there be) to Rule & Govern: and to the Brotherhood to Consent, according to the Rule of the Gospel.
8. That all Professors as before described, are bound in duty, as they have opportunity, to join themselves as fixed Members of some particular Church; their thus joining, being part of their professed subjection to the Gospel of Christ, and an instituted means of their Establishment and Edification; whereby they are under the Pastoral Care, and in case of scandalous or offensive walking, may be Authoritatively Admonished or Censured for their recovery, and for vindication of the Truth, and the Church professing it.