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…

Name: The keys of the kingdom of heaven and power thereof according to the word…
Author: John Cotton

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 ...

John Cotton 1584–1652London: printed by M. Simmons for Henry Overton, 1644

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Of the Keys of the Kingdom of HEAVEN, and the Power thereof; accor… › Chapter 7: Touching the first Subject of all the forementioned power of the Keys. And an explanat…Of the Keys of the Kingdome of HEAVEN, and the Power thereof; accor… › Chapter 7: Touching the first Subject of all the forementioned power of the Keyes. And an explanat…

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Object. 8. When Schisms grew to be scandalous in the Church of Corinth, the household of Chloe told not the whole Congregation of it, but Paul, 1 Cor. 1.11.

Object. 8. When Schismes grew to be scandalous in the Church of Corinth, the houshold of Chloe told not the whole Congregation of it, but Paul, 1 Cor. 1.11.

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Answ. The contentions in the Church of Corinth were not the offence of a private brother, but of the whole church. And who can tell whether they had not spoken of it to the Church before? But whether they had or no, the example only argueth, that Brethren offended with the sins of their brethren, may tell an Elder of the church of it, that he may tell it to the Church, which no man denieth. Paul was an Elder of every church of Christ, as the other Apostles were, as having the government of all the churches committed to them all.

Answ. The contentions in the Church of Corinth were not the offence of a private brother, but of the whole church. And who can tell whether they had not spoken of it to the Church before? But whether thay had or no, the example only argueth, that Brethren offended with the sins of their brethren, may tell an Elder of the church of it, that he may tell it to the Church, which no man denyeth. Paul was an Elder of every church of Christ, as the other Apostles were, as having the government of all the churches committed to them all.

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Having thus (by the help of Christ) cleared this Text in Mat. 18.17

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