N00497:90
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.
That when men Profess the Faith of the Gospel, or their consent unto the Covenant of Grace, and overthrow not that Profession by a Scandalous Conversation, they are to be •ook'd upon, as belonging to the Visible Catholic Church of our Lord; they are to be treated as Christians; to call them or count them Heathen is to do them a Grievous Injury.
That when men Profess the Faith of the Gospel, or their consent unto the Covenant of Grace, and overthrow not that Profession by a Scandalous Conversation, they are to be •ook'd upon, as belonging to the Visible Catholick Church of our Lord; they are to be treated as Christians; to call them or count them Heathen is to do them a Grievous Injury.
That when such Professors Regularly Combine into a Society for the Evangelical Worship and Service of our Lord Jesus Christ▪ and furnish themselves with Officers of His Appointment, they then become a part of the Catholic Church, so Visible, as to be a Body Politic Entrusted with all the Special Ordinances of the New Testament.
That when such Professors Regularly Combine into a Society for the Evangelical Worship and Service of our Lord Jesus Christ▪ and furnish themselves with Officers of His Appointment, they then become a part of the Catholick Church, so Visible, as to be a Body Politick Entrusted with all the Special Ordinances of the New Testament.
That a Particular Church, thus in their Officers betrusted with the Institutions of our Lord Jesus Christ, is to be ⟨p. 70⟩