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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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Object. 5. The Church here spoken of, Mat. 18.17. is such an one, as whereto a complaint may orderly be made: But a complaint cannot be orderly made to a multitude, such as an whole Congregation is.
Answ. And why may not a complaint be orderly made to a whole multitude? The Levite made an orderly complaint to a greater multitude, then 400. particular Congregations are wont to amount to, Jud. 20.1, 2, 3, 4, &c.
Answ. And why may not a complaint be orderly made to a whole multitude? The Levite made an orderly conplaint to a greater multitude, then 400. particular Congregations are wont to amount to, Jud. 20.1, 2, 3, 4, &c.
Object. 6. The Church here to be complained of meeteth with authority, (for censures are administered with authority) but the church of a particular Congregation meeteth with humility, to seek the face and favour of God.
Object. 6. The Church here to be complained of meeteth with authority, (for censures are administred with authority) but the church of a particular Congregation meeteth with humility, to seek the face and favour of God.