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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 5 › Section 4
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If admonition, and (in some cases) excommunication be ordinances of God sanctified for the healing of the souls of Gods people gone astray; it were a sacrilegious injury to the Elders, to deprive them of the benefit of such wholesome medicines, when the estate of their souls should come to stand in need thereof: and it being a ruled case, Cujus est instituere ejus est destituere; If Plebs obsequens praeceptis Dominicis & ipsa (as Cyprian saith, lib. 1. Ep. 4.) maximè potestatem habet dignos Sacerdotes eligendi, then, as he saith there also, potestatem etiam babet Sacerdotes indignos recusandi, & abdicandi.
If admonition, and (in some cases) excommunication be ordinances of God sanctified for the healing of the soules of Gods people gone astray; it were a sacrilegious injury to the Elders, to deprive them of the benefit of such wholsome medicines, when the estate of their soules should come to stand in need thereof: and it being a ruled case, Cujus est instituere ejus est destituere; If Plebs obsequens praeceptis Dominicis & ipsa (as Cyprian saith, lib. 1. Ep. 4.) maximè potestatem habet dignos Sacerdotes eligendi, then, as hee saith there also, potestatem etiam babet Sacerdotes indignos recusandi, & abdicandi.
On the other side, the Elders have rule over the Church, and do express it in sundry acts of authority: as,
On the other side, the Elders have rule over the Church, and do expresse it in sundry acts of authority: as,
1. In calling the Church together upon any weighty occasion, Acts 6.2.
1. In calling the Church togethr upon any weighty occasion,