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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
CHAP. I. Prolegomena; or, Things premised.
I. There be two holy Public Societies famous in the Gospel: 1. A Church of Believers. 2. A Council of Churches.
I. THere be two holy Publick Societies famous in the Gospel: 1. A Church of Believers. 2. A Council of Churches.
A Church of Believers, is a company of visible Saints combined together, with one heart, to hold Communion in all the instituted Gospel-worship, Ordinances and Discipline, which Christ hath […], and given unto a particular Church. Such a Company are frequently called A Church. See a few places: Act• 2.47. & 11.26. & 14.23, 27. 1 Cor. 11.18, 20, 22, &c.
A Church of Believers, is a company of visible Saints combined together, with one heart, to hold Communion in all the instituted Gospel-worship, Ordinances and Discipline, which Christ hath 〈…〉, and given unto a particular Church. Such a Company are frequently called A Church. See a few places: Act• 2.47. & 11.26. & 14.23, 27. 1 Cor. 11.18, 20, 22, &c.