A90276:278
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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CHAP. VII.
Of a particular Church: its nature. Frequently mentioned in Scripture. Particular Congregations acknowledged the only Churches of the first Institution. What ensued on the multiplication of Churches. Some things premised to clear the unity of the Church in this sense. Every Believer ordinarily obliged to join himself to some particular Church: Many things in instituted worship answering a natural principle. Perpetuity of the Church in this sense. True ⟨p. 201⟩Churches at first planted in England. How they ceased so to be. How Churches may be again re-erected. Of the Union of a particular Church in its self. Foundation of that Union twofold. The Union its self. Of the communion of particular Churches one with another. Our concernment in this Union.
Of a particular Church: its nature. Frequently mentioned in Scripture. Particular Congregations acknowledged the only Churches of the first Institution. What ensued on the multiplication of Churches. Some things premised to clear the unity of the Church in this sence. Every Believer ordinarily obliged to joyne himselfe to some particular Church: Many things in instituted worship answering a naturall principle. Perpetuity of the Church in this sence. True ⟨p. 201⟩Churches at first planted in England. How they ceased so to be. How Churches may be again reerected. Of the Ʋnion of a particular Church in its selfe. Foundation of that Ʋnion twofold. The Ʋnion its selfe. Of the communion of particular Churchers one with another. Our concernment in this Ʋnion.