N00061:198
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.
9. Those Provincial Councils which do immediately forego the state• time of the National Coun••ls meeting are each of them to choose, at least, one Teaching, and one Ruling Elder, according to the manner aforesaid, who are to be Representatives of these Provincial Councils, and of all the first Counc•ls, and Churches with them combined▪ in the National […] ; who are chosen to carry on the Ordinance of Counsel in that Order.
9. Those Provincial Councils which do immediately forego the state• time of the National Coun••ls meeting are each of them to chuse, at least, one Teaching, and one Rul•ng Elder, according to the manner aforesaid, who are to be Representatives of these Provincial Councils, and of all the first Counc•ls, and Churches with them combined▪ in the National 〈…〉 ; who are chosen to carry on the Ordinance of Counsel in that Order.
10. The Notaries are publicly in the presence of every Council, to deliver, in writing unto them who are chosen for the National Council, 1. The present state of all the first Councils, and of all the Churches combined with them, 2. All the Causes that are transmitted by them unto the National Council. 3. The Appeals, if any such be All these, being first read are delivered to them: and so they are sent with their prayers and blessing.
10. The Notaries are publickly in the presence of every C•uncil, to deliver, in writing unto them who are chosen for the National Council, 1. The present state of all the first Councils, and of all the Churches combined with them, 2. All the Causes that are transmitted by them unto the National Council. 3. The Appeals, if any such be All these, being first read are delivered to them: and so they are sent with their prayers and blessing.