A90276:159
Of schism the true nature of it discovered and considered, with reference to the…Of schisme the true nature of it discovered and considered, with reference to the…
Of schism the true nature of it discovered and considered, with reference to the present differences in religion. / By John Owen D.D.Of schisme the true nature of it discovered and considered, with reference to the present differences in religion. / By John Owen D.D.
Oxford: printed by L.L. for T. Robinson, 1657
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I shall only add,1 that if there be not an institution for the joining in the same numerical Ordinances, the Union of this Church is not really a Church Union; I mean of an Instituted Church, which consists therein but something of another nature. Neither can that have the formal Reason of an instituted Church as such, which as such can join in no one act of the worship of God ⟨p. 118⟩instituted to be performed in such societies: So that he that shall take into his thoughts, the condition of all the Christians in the world: their present state, what it hath been for 1500 years, and what it is like to be [Greek or Hebrew], will easily understand, what Church state they stand in, and relate unto.
I shall only adde,1 that if there be not an institution for the joyning in the same numericall Ordinances, the Ʋnion of this Church is not really a Church Ʋnion; I mean of an Instituted Church, which consists therein but something of another nature. Neither can that have the formall Reason of an instituted Church as such, which as such can joyne in no one act of the worship of God ⟨p. 118⟩instituted to be performed in such societies: So that he that shall take into his thoughts, the condition of all the Christians in the world: their present state, what it hath been for 1500 years, and what it is like to be 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, will easily understand, what Church state they stand in, and relate unto.
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3. It cannot possibly have its union by a Relation to any one Officer given to the whole,