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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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2. A second act of Authority common to the Elders, is, they have power, as any weighty occasion shall require, to call the Church together, as the Apostles called the Church together for the election of Deacons, Act. 6.2. And in like sort are the Priests of the old Testament stirred up to call a solemn Assembly, to gather the Elders, and all the inhabitants of the land, to sanctify a Fast. Joel 1.13, 14.
2. A second act of Authoritie common to the Elders, is, they have power, as any weighty occasion shall require, to call the Church together, as the Apostles called the Church together for the election of Deacons, Act. 6.2. And in like sort are the Priests of the old Testament stirred up to call a solemne Assembly, to gather the Elders, and all the inhabitants of the land, to sanctifie a Fast. Joel 1.13, 14.
3. It is an act of their power, to examine, if Apostles, then any others (whether officers or members) before they be received of the Church. Rev. 2.2.
A fourth act of their rule is, the Ordination of officers (whom the people have chosen) whether Elders or Deacons. 1 Tim. 4.14.