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The way of the churches of Christ in New-England, or, The way of churches…The vvay of the churches of Christ in New-England, or, The vvay of churches…
The way of the churches of Christ in New-England, or, The way of churches walking in brotherly equality, or co-ordination, without subjection of one church to another measured and examined bight golden reed of the sanctuary, containing a full declaration of the church-way in all particulars / by Mr. J. Cotton ...The vvay of the churches of Christ in New-England, or, The vvay of churches walking in brotherly equalitie, or co-ordination, without subjection of one church to another measured and examined bythe golden reed of the sanctuary, containing a full declaration of the church-way in all particulars / by Mr. J. Cotton ...
London: printed by Matthew Simmons, 1645
THE Way of the Churches of Christ in NEW-ENGLAND, Measured by the G… › Chapter 4 › Section 6
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1First, The Apostles had an unlimited power, and might baptize believers professing the faith, and their seed, wheresoever they came, but the power of Pastors and Teachers is limited to their own particular visible Church, which hath called them to minister unto them.
1First, The Apostles had an unlimited power, and might baptize beleevers professing the faith, and their seed, wheresoever they came, but the power of Pastors and Teachers is limited to their own particular visible Church, which hath called them to minister unto them.
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1Secondly, It cannot be proved, that the Apostles or Evangelists baptized any but such as either were members of some visible Church before they preached to them, or else they gathered them into a visible Church estate, before they baptized them. 2The Eunuch in Acts 8. was a Proselyte to the Church of Jerusalem, for the Text saith, he came up to Jerusalem for to worship, Acts 8.27. Neither let any man object, that his membership at Jerusalem would not entitle him to Baptism, seeing Baptism is a Sacrament of the Christian ⟨p. 82⟩Church, not of the Jewish; 3for whatsoever member of the Jewish Church, as believed in Christ as the Messiah, and professed that faith, he was capable of Baptism; for such they were whom John baptized,