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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.
2. The Scripture teacheth that in weight• Cases we should ask Counsel. 2 Sam 20.1• Prov. •.5. and 15.22. and 24.6. Which General Rules concern Polities as well as particular Persons, and Churches as well as civil Societies.
3. There are Scripture Examples to instruct us in our Duty herein. We find, that whe• the Church in Antioch had a weighty Case before them, they sent to another Church for Counsel Act. 15.2. The Apostle Paul sought for the Concurrence, and Right hand of fellowship of other Apostles. Gala. 2.9. Ordinary Elders and Churches, have no less need of each other to prevent their running in vain Gal. 2.2.
3. There are Scripture Examples to instruct us in our Duty herein. We find, that whe• the Church in Antioch had a weighty Case before them, they sent to another Church for Counsel Act. 15.2. The Apostle Paul sought for the Concurrence, and Right hand of fellowship of other Apostles. Gala. 2.9. Ordinary Elders and Churches, have no less need of each other to prevent their running in vain• Gal. 2.2.