N00061:132
Communion of churches: or, The divine management of Gospel-churches by the ordinance of councils,…
Communion of churches: or, The divine management of Gospel-churches by the ordinance of councils, constituted in order according to the Scriptures. : As also, the way of bringing all Christian parishes to be particular reforming congregational churches: humbly proposed, as a way which hath so much light from the Scriptures of truth, as that it may lawfully be submitted unto by all; and may, by the blessing of the Lord, be a means of uniting those two holy and eminent parties, the Presbyterians and the Congregationals. : As also to prepare for the hoped for resurrection of the churches; and to propose a way to bring all Christian nations unto an unity of the faith and order of the Gospel. / Written by John Eliot, teacher of Roxbury in N.E. ; [Two lines of Scripture texts]Communion of churches: or, The divine management of Gospel-churches by the ordinance of councils, constituted in order according to the Scriptures. : As also, the way of bringing all Christian parishes to be particular reforming congregationall churches: humbly proposed, as a way which hath so much light from the Scriptures of truth, as that it may lawfully be submitted unto by all; and may, by the blessing of the Lord, be a means of uniting those two holy and eminent parties, the Presbyterians and the Congregationals. : As also to prepare for the hoped for resurrection of the churches; and to propose a way to bring all Christian nations unto an unity of the faith and order of the Gospel. / Written by John Eliot, teacher of Roxbury in N.E. ; [Two lines of Scripture texts]
printed by Marmaduke Johnson, 1665
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And when Christian Nations shall be thus combined, there will be an Ecumenical Council ever in being: yea, and when all the World shall be combined, there will be a great Ecumenical Council ever in being▪ to order all ecclesiastical a fairs, in unity, holiness and peace, all the World over.
And when Christian Nations shall be thus combined, there will be an Oecumenical Council ever in being: yea, and when all the World shall be combined, there will be a great Oecumenical Council ever in being▪ to order all ecclesiastical a faires, in unity, holiness and peace, all the World over.
XI. A principal objection ariseth against this fixing and stating of Councils; viz. That although pre-renascent Councils are a divine remedy, when troubles arise• as it was at Antioch, who also then finished the Council▪ when the present […] was finished: but of fixed▪ stated, and permanent Coun••ls we have no example▪ nor doth there appear any ground in Scripture to bottom them upon.
XI. A principal objection ariseth against this fixing and stating of Councils; viz. That although pre-renas•ent Coun•ils are a divine remedy, when troubles arise• as it was at Antioch, who also then finished the Council▪ when the present 〈…〉 was finished: but of fixed▪ stated, and permanent Coun••ls we have no example nor doth there appear any ground in Sripture to bottom them upon.