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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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2. There is another way of Constituting a national Church, 1which is insisted on by some of our brethren of the Presbyterian way. This is, that such a thing should arise from the particular Congregations, that are in the Nation united by sundry Associations and subordinations of Assemblies in and by the representatives of those Churches. So that though there cannot be an Assembly of all ⟨p. 247⟩the members of those Churches in one place, for the performance of any worship of God; nor is there any Ordinance appointed by Christ to be so celebrated in any Assembly of them, (which we suppose necessary to the constitution of a particular Church) yet there may be an Assembly of the representatives of them all by several elevations for some end and purpose.
2. There is another way of Constituting a nationall Church, 1which is insisted on by some of our bretheren of the Presbyterian way. This is, that such a thing should arise from the particular Congregations, that are in the Nation united by sundry Associations and subordinations of Assemblies in and by the representatives of those Churches. So that though there cannot be an Assembly of all ⟨p. 247⟩the members of those Churches in one place, for the performance of any worship of God; nor is there any Ordinance appointed by Christ to be so celebrated in any Assembly of them, (which we suppose necessary to the constitution of a particular Church) yet there may be an Assembly of the representatives of them all by severall elevations for some end and purpose.
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