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A treatise of liturgies, power of the keys, and of matter of the visible…A treatise of liturgies, power of the keyes, and of matter of the visible…
A treatise of liturgies, power of the keys, and of matter of the visible church. In answer to the reverend servant of Christ, Mr. John Ball. By Thomas Shepherd, sometimes fellow of Emanuel-College in Cambridge, and late pastor of Cambridge in New-England.A treatise of liturgies, power of the keyes, and of matter of the visible church. In answer to the reverend servant of Christ, Mr. John Ball. By Thomas Shephard, sometimes fellow of Emanuel-Colledge in Cambridge, and late pastour of Cambridge in New-England.
London: printed by E. Cotes for Andrew Crooke, 1652
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which was a very small part of the Catholic number of visible believers; for, 1 Cor. 15. 6. there were above 500 Brethren to whom Christ appeared at once, which was but some few weeks before, besides all that in the Jewish Church were converted and baptized by John, which were very many; yea, if we speak of the Catholic church, properly all the Jewish Church, not yet dissolved, were part of the Catholic church of that age visible. Lastly, if it had been the Catholic church, believers being already of it, could not be said to be added to this; as, Acts 5. 13, 14. Secondly, it was not Catholic in respect of representation, for if so, then in respect of the Apostles only as the Catholic guides, or in respect of the whole assembly with them, Acts 1. not the first, for then the Apostles only should have had power to set apart Barnabas and Matthias, but it is evident that that election was by Peter himself committed to, and acted by the whole company called the Brethren and Disciples, Acts 1. 15, 16, 26. where it appears that as he spake to all, so it was concluded with the common suffrages of all.
which was a very small part of the Catholick number of visible beleevers; for, 1 Cor. 15. 6. there were above 500 Brethren to whom Christ appeared at once, which was but some few weeks before, besides all that in the Jewish Church were converted and baptized by John, which were very many; yea, if we speak of the Catholick church, properly all the Jewish Church, not yet dissolved, were part of the Catholick church of that age visible. Lastly, if it had been the Catholick church, beleevers being already of it, could not be said to be added to this; as, Acts 5. 13, 14. Secondly, it was not Catholick in respect of representation, for if so, then in respect of the Apostles onely as the Catholick guides, or in respect of the whole assembly with them, Acts 1. not the first, for then the Apostles onely should have had power to set apart Barnabas and Matthias, but it is evident that that election was by Peter himself committed to, and acted by the whole company called the Brethren and Disciples,