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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. For a second Argument, to prove that the Brethren of the Church of a particular congregation, walking with their Elders in truth and peace, are the first subject of all that Church power which is needful to be exercised in their own body: It is taken
2. For a second Argument, to prove that the Brethren of the Church of a particular congregation, walking with their Elders in truth and peace, are the first subject of all that Church power which is needfull to be exercised in their own body: It is taken
From their indispensable and independent power in Church censures. The censure that is ratified in heaven cannot be dispensed withal, nor reversed by any power on earth. Now the censure that is administered by the Church of a particular congregation, is ratified in Heaven. For so saith the Lord Jesus touching the power of Church censures, Matth. 18 17, 18. If the offender refuse to hear the Church, let him be to thee as a heathen and a Publican. Verily I say unto you Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth, shall be bound in Heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven.
From their indispensable and independent power in Church censures. The censure that is ratified in heaven cannot be dispensed withall, nor reversed by any power on earth. Now the censure that is administred by the Church of a particular congregation, is ratified in Heaven. For so saith the Lord Iesus touching the power of Church censures, Matth. 18 17, 18. If the offender refuse to hear the Church, let him be to thee as a heathen and a Publican. Verily I say unto you Whatsoever ye shall bind onearth, shall be bound in Heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven.