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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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Secondly, if so, because the Apostles were Catholic guides, then where-ever they met was a Catholic church, yea, where two or three, or any one of them was, there was the Catholic representative church, and so many such churches, for any two or one had the catholic power as well as all; Paul ordains, rules, and orders of discipline in all the churches, as well as if all the Apostles had met, 1 Cor. 7. 17. 1 Cor. 16. 1. 2 That assembly was not the representative catholic church, because, first, there were the women in the same, now women are no way capable of being messengers to represent churches: secondly, besides, these could not be representative messengers from other churches, because this was the first constituted church; we see no colour of reason ⟨p. 90⟩that there were any other constituted visible churches before this. Lastly, all the actions of that Church mentioned, especially those in Acts 2. 41, 42. of admission of members, baptism, word, seals, fellowship day by day in such ordinances, choice of Deacons, &c. speak aloud against a representative Church, we should rather have heard of constitutions, censures, &c. from such a representative Catholic church of general counsel.
Secondly, if so, because the Apostles were Catholick guides, then where-ever they met was a Catholick church, yea, where two or three, or any one of them was, there was the Catholick representative church, and so many such churches, for any two or one had the catholick power as well as all; Paul ordains, rules, and orders of discipline in all the churches, as well as if all the Apostles had met, 1 Cor. 7. 17. 1 Cor. 16. 1. 2 That assembly was not the representative catholick church, because, first, there were the women in the same, now women are no way capable of being messengers to represent churches: secondly, besides, these could not be representative messengers from other churches, because this was the first constituted church; we see no colour of reason