N00061:50
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.
The Twelve Tribes compacted in order, was the most beautiful, and heart-ravishing Camp, that ever the worlds Eye did look upon, Numb. 24.2, 5, 6. The Twelve Loaves […] Show-bread, did represent the whole Visible Church ⟨p. 7⟩before God in the Temple. The Twelve Precious Stones in the Breast-plate of the High Priest, show, That in such a Number Christ is pleased to order and represent the whole Militant Church before his Father in Heaven. And according to this Type, Rev. 7.4. the whole Visible Church is ordered, multiplied, and sealed in this Number. And Rev. 21.12, 14. the Twelve Tribes are the Twelve Gates, and the Twelve Apostles are the Twelve Foundations of the New Jerusalem. That glorious visible Gospel-Church, Ezek •8. which is called Jehovah-Shamm•h, is ordered by the Number Twelve, according to the Twelve Tribes of Israel, as the Typical Land of Canaan was.
The Twelve Tribes compacted in order, was the most beautiful, and heart-ravishing Camp, that ever the worlds Eye did look upon, Numb. 24.2, 5, 6. The Twelve Loaves 〈…〉 Shew-bread, did represent the whole Visible Church ⟨p. 7⟩before God in the Temple. The Twelve Precious Stones in the Breast-plate of the High Priest, shew, That in such a Number Christ is pleased to order and represent the whole Militant Church before his Father in Heaven. And according to this Type, Rev. 7.4. the whole Visible Church is ordered, multiplied, and sealed in this Number. And Rev. 21.12, 14. the Twelve Tribes are the Twelve Gates, and the Twelve Apostles are the Twelve Foundations of the New Jerusalem. That glorious visible Gospel-Church, Ezek 8. which is called Jehovah-Shammh, is ordered by the Number Twelve, according to the Twelve Tribes of Israel, as the Typical Land of Canaan was.