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The keys of the kingdom of heaven and power thereof according to the word…The keyes of the kingdom of heaven and power thereof according to the word…
The keys of the kingdom of heaven and power thereof according to the word of God / by Mr. John Cotton ...The keyes of the kingdom of heaven and power thereof according to the word of God / by Mr. Iohn Cotton ...
London: printed by M. Simmons for Henry Overton, 1644
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3. By way of consultation, one Church hath liberty of communicating with another to require their judgement and counsel, touching any persons or cause, wherewith they may be better acquainted then themselves. Thus the Church of Antioch by their messengers consulted with the Church at Jerusalem, touching the necessity of circumcision, Act. 15.3. although the consultation brought forth a further effect of communion with Churches; to wit, their Congregation into a Synod. Which is the fourth way of communion of Churches: All of the Churches have the like liberty of sending their messengers to debate and determine in a Synod, such matters as do concern them all; As the Church of Antioch sent messengers to Jerusalem for resolution and satisfaction in a doubt that troubled them: the like liberty by proportion might any other Church have taken; yea, many Churches together; yea, all the Churches in the world, in any case that might concern them all. What authority these Synods have received, and may put forth, will come to be considered in the sequel.
3. By way of consultation, one Church hath liberty of communicating with another to require their judgement and counsell, touching any persons or cause, wherewith they may be better acquainted then themselves. Thus the Church of Antioch by their messengers consulted with the Church at Jerusalem, touching the necessity of circumcision, Act. 15.3. although the consultation brought forth a further effect of communion with Churches; to wit, their Congregation into a Synod. Which is the fourth way of communion of Churches: All of the Churches have the like liberty of sending their messengers to debate and determine in a Synod, such matters as do concern them all; As the Church of Antioch sent messengers to Jerusalem for resolution and satisfaction in a doubt that troubled them: the like liberty by proportion might any other Church have taken; yea, many Churches together; yea, all the Churches in the world, in any case that might concern them all. What authority these Synods have received, and may put forth, will come to be considered in the sequele.