And in this case the Communion of Churches in respect of Members Qua Members, and of E•ders, Qua Elders answer one another, according to our principles. For as the Members of another Church, if they come to a Particular Church, and are received by their Consent by them, and so for that Time become as one body with them, by virtue whereof they receive the Sacrament amongst them, as being for this act incorporated and as one bread with them occasionally, in this do not receive merely and simply as Members of another Church, distinctly & a […] considered, although' by virtue of their being Members of […] are ⟨p. 116⟩thereby for that Time occasionally received into that Church ad tantum so far as to Enjoy such and such a privilege, so as the Sacrament in this, is not said to be given to the Members of two Churches apart considered, but to one Church as thus making one, tho' upon a differing respect; and so it is also in their receiving Elders (if we may make that supposition) to perform Acts of Eldership occasionally, they do it not in this single and apart Consideration that they are simply E•ders of other Churches, as if considered only as such they may make a Consistory met out of this Church to be over this Church, and so Excommunicate, but they come to and are present in and with that Church being called by them, and received as Elders for that Act, and for that Time as one with them, so as the Acts which they do perform are Acts of that Church, or of Elders in that Church, and are not to be considered as Acts of other Elders that have no power over that Church. Thus far Dr. Goodwin. And that this accords with the Judgment of Congregational Divines, and was also practised in the next Ages to the Apostles, when Polycarp Pastor of the Church in Smyrna administered the Sacrament to the then Church of Saints in Rome, I have more fully declared in an Answer to this Question, which was printed in the Year, 1693. And thus it was practised in the Churches of New-England in their ⟨p. 117⟩beginning Times! For when Mr. Wilson, Pastor of the only Church then in Boston, was absent from his Flock in a Voyage for England, Mr. Phillips, Pastor of the Church in Watertown, administered the Lords Supper to the Church in Boston. This was above three-score years since. And thus did Mr.
And in this case the Communion of Churches in r•spect of Members Qua Members, and of E•ders, Qua Elders answer one another, according to our principles. For as the Members of another Church, if they come to a Particular Church, and are received by their Consent by them, and so for that Time become as one body with them, by vertue whereof they receive the Sacrament amongst them, as being for this act incorporated and as one bread with them occasionally, in this do not receive meerly and simply as Members of another Church, distinctly & a 〈…〉 considered, altho' by vertue of their being Members of 〈…〉 are ⟨p. 116⟩thereby for that Time occasionally received into that Church ad tantum so far as to Enjoy such and such a priviledge, so as the Sacrament in this, is not said to be given to the Members of two Churches apart considered, but to one Church as thus making one, tho' upon a differing respect; and so it is also in their receiving Elders (if we may make that supposition) to perform Acts of Eldership occasionally, they do it not in this single and apart Consideration that they are simply E•ders of other Churches, as if considered only as such they may make a Consistory met out of this Church to be over this Church, and so Excommunicate, but they come to and are present in and with that Church being called by them, and received as Elders for that Act, and for that Time as one with them, so as the Acts which they do perform are Acts of that Church, or of Elders in that Church, and are not to be considered as Acts of other Elders that have no power over that Church. Thus far Dr. Goodwin. And that this accords with the Judgment of Congregational Divines, and was also practised in the next Ages to the Apostles, when Polycarp Pastor of the Church in Smyrna administred the Sacrament to the then Church of Saints in Rome, I have more fully declared in an Answer to this Question, which was printed in the Year, 1693. And thus it was practised in the Churches of New-England in their ⟨p. 117⟩beginning Times! For when Mr. Wilson, Pastor of the only Church then in Boston, was absent from his Flock in a Voyage for England, Mr. Phillips, Pastor of the Church in Watertown, administred the Lords Supper to the Church in Boston. This was above three-score years since. And thus did Mr.
