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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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Reply. Secondly, as the seals, so the Word of salvation preached and received, is a privilege of the Church, &c. If by preaching be meant the giving of the Word unto a people, to abide and continue with them, and consequently the receiving of it at least in profession, then it is proper to the church of God.
Reply. Secondly, as the seals, so the Word of salvation preached and received, is a priviledge of the Church, &c. If by preaching be meant the giving of the Word unto a people, to abide and continue with them, and consequently the receiving of it at least in profession, then it is proper to the church of God.
Answ▪ We grant, (in some sense) it is a privilege, and proper to the Church so to have the Word; but this no way takes away the difference between the Seals and the Word, which the answer makes, viz That the Word is not such a peculiar privilege of the Church as the Seals, in that the one is dispensed not only to the Church, but also to others for the gathering of them, which is not so in the Seals, for the Word of God received in Corinth abiding with them, professed of them, was not so peculiar, but an Idiot coming in might partake in the same, but not so in the Sacraments, 1 Cor. 14.
Answ▪ We grant, (in some sense) it is a priviledge, and proper to the Church so to have the Word; but this no way takes away the difference between the Seals and the Word, which the answer makes, viz That the Word is not such a peculiar priviledge of the Church as the Seals, in that the one is dispensed not onely to the Church, but also to others for the gathering of them, which is not so in the Seals, for the Word of God received in Corinth abiding with them, professed of them, was not so peculiar, but an Idiot comming in might partake in the same, but not so in the Sacraments, 1 Cor. 14.