N00497:117
Blessed unions. An union with the son of God by faith. And, an union…
Blessed unions. An union with the son of God by faith. And, an union in the church of God by love, importunately pressed; in a discourse which makes divers offers, for those unions; together with a copy of those articles, where-upon a most happy union, has been lately made between those two eminent parties in England, which have now changed the names of Presbyterians, and Congregationals, for that of United Brethren. / By Cotton Mather ; [Six lines from Mead]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Samuel Phillips, 1692
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.
5. Tho Parochial Bounds be not of Divine Right, yet for common Edification, the Members of a particular Church ought (as much as conveniently may be) to live near one another.
6. That each particular Church hath Right to choose their own Officers; & being furnished with such as a•• duly qualified and ordained according to the Gospel Rule, hath Authority from Christ for exercising Government, & of enjoying all the Ordinances of Worship within it self.
6. That each particular Church hath Right to chuse their own Officers; & being furnished with such as a•• duly qualified and ordained according to the Gospel Rule, hath Authority from Christ for exercising Government, & of enjoying all the Ordinances of Worship within it self.
7. In the Administration of Church Power, it belongs to the Pastors & other Elders of every particular Church (if such there be) to Rule and Govern: and to the Brotherhood to Consent according to the Rule of the Gospel.