A96226:169
The humble advice of the Assembly of Divines, now
The humble advice of the Assembly of Divines, now by authority of Parliament sitting at Westminster, concerning a confession of faith, presented by them lately to both houses of Parliament. A certain number of copies are ordered to be printed only for the use of the members of both houses and of the Assembly of Divines, to the end that they may advise thereupon.
London: printed for Company of Stationers, 1646
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
III. Unto this Catholic Visible Church, Christ hath given the Ministry, Oracles, and Ordinances of God, for the gathering, and perfecting of the Saints, in this life, to the end of the World: and doth by his own presence and Spirit, according to his promise, make them effectual thereunto.
III. Unto this Catholique Visible Church, Christ hath given the Ministry, Oracles, and Ordinances of God, for the gathering, and perfecting of the Saints, in this life, to the end of the World: and doth by his own presence and Spirit, according to his promise, make them effectual thereunto.
IV. This Catholic Church hath been sometimes more, sometimes less visible. And particular Churches, which are Members thereof, are more or less pure, according as the Doctrine of the Gospel is taught and embraced, Ordinances administered, and Public Worship performed more or less purely in them.
IV. This Catholique Church hath been somtimes more, somtimes less visible. And particular Churches, which are Members thereof, are more or less pure, according as the Doctrine of the Gospel is taught and imbraced, Ordinances administred, and Publique Worship performed more or less purely in them.
V. The purest Churches under Heaven are subject both to mixture, and error: and some have so degenerated, as to become no Churches of Christ, but Synagogues of Satan. Nevertheless, there shall be always a Church on Earth, to worship God according to his will.