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The order of the Gospel, professed and practised by the churches of Christ in…
The order of the Gospel, professed and practised by the churches of Christ in New England, justified, by the Scripture, and by the writings of many learned men, both ancient and modern divines; in answer to several questions, relating to church discipline / by Increase Mather, president of Harvard College in Cambridge, and teacher of a church at Boston in New England. ; [Five lines of Scripture texts]The order of the Gospel, professed and practised by the churches of Christ in New England, justified, by the Scripture, and by the writings of many learned men, both ancient and modern divines; in answer to several questions, relating to church discipline / by Increase Mather, president of Harvard Colledge in Cambridge, and teacher of a church at Boston in New England. ; [Five lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1700
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.
3. No person may be cast out of the Church privately, but the proceedings therein ought to be public with the consent and presence of the wh•le Church Therefore the Seal of Admission into the Church by Baptism ought to be public also. There is a parity of reason therein.
3. No person may be cast out of the Church privately, but the proceedings therein ought to be publick with the consent and presence of the wh•le Chu•ch Therefore the Seal of Admission into the Church by Baptism ought to be publick also. There is a parity of reason therein.
4. Our profession of the Name of God and of Christ ought to be in the most public way and manner that possibly can be Matth. ⟨p. 66⟩10.32. Rev. 14.1. But […] baptism we do in a singular manner make a profession of the Name of the true God and of Jesus Christ. Matth. 28.20. Act 19.5. Gal. 3.27.
4. Our profession of the Name of God and of Christ ought to be in the most publick way and manner that possibly can be Matth. ⟨p. 66⟩