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The reasons of the Dissenting Brethren against the third proposition, concerning presbyterial government· Humbly…
The reasons of the Dissenting Brethren against the third proposition, concerning presbyterial government· Humbly presented.
London: printed by G.M. for Ralph Smith, 1645
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REASONS against the Third Proposition, concerning Presbyterial Government, and the Proofs thereof: Viz. The Scripture holds forth, that many particular Congregations may be under one Presbyterial Government. Humbly Presented.
REASONS against the Third Proposition, concerning Presbyteriall Government, and the Proofes thereof: Viz. The Scripture holds forth, that many particular Congregations may be under one Presbyteriall Governement. Humbly Presented.
If many Congregations having all Elders already affixed respectively unto them, may be under a Presbyterial government: Then all those Elders must sustain a special relation of Elders to all the people of those Congregations as one Church and to every one as a Member thereof. But for a company of such Elders already affixed, &c. to sustain such a relation, carries with it so great and manifold incongruities, and inconsistencies, with what the Scripture speaks of Elders in their relation to a Church committed to them, and likewise with the Principles of the Reformed Churches themselves, as cannot be admitted. And therefore such a Government may not be.
If many Congregations having all Elders already affixed respectively unto them, may be under a Presbyteriall government: Then all those Elders must sustaine a speciall relation of Elders to all the people of those Congregations as one Church and to every one as a Member thereof. But for a company of such Elders already affixed, &c. to sustaine such a relation, carries with it so great and manifold incongruities, and inconsistencies, with what the Scripture speaks of Elders in their relation to a Church committed to them, and likewise with the Principles of the Reformed Churches themselves, as cannot be admitted. And therefore such a Government may not be.